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Resolution authorizing an agreement with Globetrotters Engineering Corporation, Chicago, Illinois for professional architectural and engineering services in the amount of $256,895.01.
Staff Summary
• As part of the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Process and Facilities Capital Improvement Plan, Facility Assessment projects were approved.
• Architectural and engineering professional services will provide the design, consulting, project management, and commissioning services necessary to execute the wide range of Facilities’ Assessment projects. Work will be performed on a task order basis.
• Facilities and Construction Services (FCS) has identified five Facility Assessment projects to include air handing units, hot water circulation pumps, roof replacements, asphalt surface replacement, and a County facilities building standards manual.
• In accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, a firm may be selected directly by the County based on a prior satisfactory relationship; the recommended consultant is Globetrotters Engineering Corporation.
• This resolution authorizes the execution of an agreement with Globetrotters Engineering Corporation, Chicago, IL, in an estimated amount of $256,895.01, including travel expenses.
Body
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, There is a need for Architectural and Engineering for Facility Assessment Projects; and
WHEREAS, Facilities and Construction Services has identified five Facility Assessment projects that will require A/E services for Air handing units, hot water circulation pumps, roof replacements, asphalt surface replacement, and FCS building standards manual; and
WHEREAS, Lake County has selected Globetrotters Engineering Corporation, in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, 50 ILCS 510/1 et. seq
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that the Purchasing Agent is authorized and directed to execute on behalf of Lake County, an agreement, and any amendments, between Globetrotters Engineering Corporation in the estimated amount of $256,895.01 for Architectural and Engineering Services.
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DATED at Waukegan, Illinois on October 12, 2021.