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Joint resolution authorizing an Operations Transfer Agreement (OTA) with Transitional Care Management (TCM), Rosemont, Illinois, for the Lease and Replacement of Winchester House.
Staff Summary
· Following the recommended approval of a contract for the lease and replacement of Winchester House an OTA is required for the orderly transition of the management and operations of the facility.
· Lake County has negotiated an OTA with the recommended vendor TCM, Rosemont, Illinois, to outline the necessary documentation and procedural requirements necessary to transfer the management of the operations of the facility.
· The OTA provides for a 90 day timeframe from the execution of the lease document and the initial start date of the management and operations of the facility to complete the transfer.
· It is recommended that the Purchasing Agent be hereby authorized and directed to execute the OTA upon execution of the lease.
· The Winchester House Advisory Board unanimously recommended approval of the OTA at its April 20, 2015 meeting.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Lake County has continuously operated a facility for the underprivileged and the elderly at the County's Libertyville location since 1847; and
WHEREAS, upon a recommendation from the Winchester House Advisory Board, the County Board directed staff to issue a Request for Proposal to solicit proposals from qualified entities in the private sector to lease the existing Winchester House facility, to become the licensee, and to provide for a replacement facility by the end of the term of the lease; and
WHEREAS, part of the Illinois Counties Code, 55 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 5/5-21001, allows for Lake County to sell, dispose of or lease for any term, a nursing home in such manner and upon such terms as it deems best for the interest of Lake County; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 5-102 of the Lake County Purchasing
Ordinance, Request for Proposals were published; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to said publication, Request for Proposals were extended to 80 potential vendors; and
WHEREAS, sealed proposals were received from two vendors and opened in the County Building, Waukegan, IL on August 14, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. and
WHEREAS, based on the criteria set forth in the Request for Proposal for the Lease and Replacement of Winchester House it has been determined that the proposal submitted by Transitional Care Management of Rosemont, IL is the most favorable for Lake County.
WHEREAS, in order to ensure an orderly transition of the management and operations of the Facility, the attached Operations Transfer Agreement is required; and
WHEREAS, the County Board has determined that approving the agreement is in the best interest of the County and its residents.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that an Operations Transfer Agreement be approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent be hereby authorized and directed to execute the Operations Transfer Agreement between Transitional Care Management of Rosemont, IL and Lake County, Illinois in substantially the attached form, with such final revisions as may be necessary.
DATED at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, on May 12, 2015.