Special to the News
The next online state surplus property auction starts on Saturday and will feature a diverse selection of items for bid, including computer equipment, a forklift, a bulldozer, tractor-trailers, and even a basketball-shooting robot.
The robot, an educational tool for technical education students, and hundreds of other items will be available to qualified bidders when the Surplus Property Division of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs holds its auction from 7:30 a.m. Saturday, May 3, until 6 p.m. Sunday, May 11. To find out how to become a qualified bidder, visit adeca.alabama.gov/publicauctions. Starting on Saturday, all auction items will be listed here: www.govdeals.com/alabamasurplus.
In addition to property no longer needed by state and federal agencies, ADECA acquires items abandoned voluntarily at several airports in the Southeast.
Public viewing and inspections of the inventory will be available at the Surplus Property Division’s Montgomery Distribution Center at 4590 Mobile Highway from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, to Friday, May 9. You can find photos of some of the items being listed here: flickr.com/photos/adeca/albums/72177720325728319.
ADECA holds online public auctions periodically each year, but surplus items are available at any time to municipal and county governments, state agencies and qualified nonprofit organizations.
All items are sold as is without guarantees. All sales are final upon pickup and removal of the property.
In addition to the surplus property auctions, ADECA administers a variety of grant programs for law enforcement, victim services, economic development, energy conservation, water resource management, broadband expansion, and recreation development.
For more information about the online auction, visit https://adeca.alabama.gov/surplus or call 334-284-0577.
