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Committee action approving Job Order Contract project exceeding $350,000 for the Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) Administrative Building Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) replacement and server room improvements in a not to exceed amount of $600,000.
Staff Summary
• Lake County established Lake County Policy, 3.9, Job Order Contract (JOC) Policy in December 2023 that states all unplanned JOC project job orders exceeding a threshold of $350,000 require approval of the Finance and Administrative Committee prior to project job order execution.
• As part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Budget and in alignment with the Facilities Capital Improvement Plan, the LCDOT HVAC project was budgeted and authorized in the amount of $1,750,000.
• In March 2025, professional services for design of fire alarm systems, electrical systems, and HVAC systems for LCDOT and other facilities was approved in the amount of $247,500.
• This project modernizes the primary data transmission and server room infrastructure for LCDOT. The scope includes decommissioning legacy equipment, optimizing rack layouts, and installing new Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) units to ensure continuous operational reliability.
• Leopardo Construction of Chicago, IL has been selected as the JOC contractor to execute the project.
• Execution of this project using the JOC contract is in the best interest of Lake County.
• This Committee Action authorizes the use of the Job Order Contract in the not to exceed amount of $600,000 for this project.
Body
TO: Chair, Financial and Administrative Committee
FROM: Carl Kirar, Director, Facilities and Construction Services
DATE: October 16, 2026
RE: Job Order Contract project exceeding $350,000
1. Lake County established Lake County Policy, 3.9, Job Order Contract (JOC) Policy in December 2023 that states all unplanned JOC project job orders exceeding a threshold of $350,000 require approval of the Finance and Administrative Committee prior to project job order execution.
2. Committee action approval is required to execute the Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) Administrative Building Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) replacement and server room improvements in a not to exceed amount of $600,000.
3. As part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Budget and in alignment with the Facilities Capital Improvement Plan, the LCDOT HVAC project was budgeted and authorized in the amount of $1,750,000.
4. In March 2025, professional services for design of fire alarm systems, electrical systems, and HVAC systems for LCDOT and other facilities was approved in the amount of $247,500.
5. This project modernizes the primary data transmission and server room infrastructure for LCDOT. The scope includes decommissioning legacy equipment, optimizing rack layouts, and installing new Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) units to ensure continuous operational reliability.
6. Leopardo Construction of Chicago, IL has been selected as the JOC contractor to execute the project.
7. Execution of this project using the JOC contract is in the best interest of Lake County.