Title
Resolution authorizing Lake County to enter into an agreement for temporary employee services with Actalent, Hanover, Maryland for professional Architecture/Engineering positions in the estimated amount of $190,000 annually to manage engineering and design projects.
Staff Summary
• There is a need to hire temporary architecture and engineering positions in the Facilities and Construction Department to manage the design process from project conception to construction award.
• In 2020 the Lake County Health Department (LCHD) issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Temporary Employee Services, which allows the County to use the existing contract to acquire the same services from that award.
• Nine staffing agencies were awarded by the LCHD: Accounting Principals- clerical and professional, Aerotek - clerical, medical and professional, Assured Healthcare Staffing - medical, Diskriter - clerical, medical and professional, Express Employment Professionals - clerical, medical and professional, Infojini, Inc. - clerical, medical and professional, Maxim Healthcare Staffing - clerical, medical and professional, Medix - clerical, medical and professional, The Salem Group - clerical and professional.
• In accordance with Section 33.115 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Purchasing, the County may participate in a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurement of goods, services or professional services with one or more public procurement units in accordance with an agreement entered into between the participants.
• This resolution authorizes Lake County to enter into a contract to provide temporary employee services with Actalent in the estimated amount of $190,000 annually based on the hourly rates identified in the contract.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, there is a need to hire temporary employee services for architecture and engineering positions; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department (LCHD) issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for temporary employee services that would allow the County to use an existing contract to acquire the same services from that award; and
WHEREAS, based on the criteria set forth in the RFP, the evaluation committee comprised of LCHD/Community Health Center staff determined it to be in the best interest of the agency to award to multiple suppliers; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 33.115 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Purchasing, the County may participate in a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurements of goods, services, or professional services with one or more public procurement units in accordance with an agreement entered into between the participants; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent is authorized to enter into an agreement for temporary employee services with Actalent, Hanover, Maryland for professional Architecture/Engineering positions in the estimated amount of $190,000 annually based on the hourly rates identified in the contract.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on June 11, 2024.