Title
Resolution authorizing an agreement with the Trane Company, Willowbrook, Illinois, to perform maintenance on a chiller at the Lake County Courthouse in the amount of $46,425.
Staff Summary
• There are three existing chillers in the Lake County Courthouse used to provide chilled water to cool the facility.
• There is a need to perform maintenance to add an epoxy coating to extend the life and preserve the efficiency of an existing chiller installed at the Lake County Courthouse.
• The scope of work provided by Trane includes providing an industrial grade protective coating.
• Lake County Facilities identified a cooperative purchasing contract with the Trane Company, Willowbrook, Illinois, through United States (US) Communities to procure the repair work that was competitively solicited and awarded.
• Pursuant to Article 10-101 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Purchasing, Lake County may participate in a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurement of goods with one or more public procurement units in accordance with an agreement entered between the participants.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, there is a need to perform maintenance to add an epoxy coating to extend the life and preserve the efficiency of an existing chiller installed at the Lake County Courthouse; and
WHEREAS, Lake County Facilities identified a cooperative purchasing contract with the Trane Company, Willowbrook, Illinois, through U.S. Communities to procure repair work that was competitively solicited and awarded; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 10-101 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Purchasing, Lake County may participate in a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurement of goods with one or more public procurement units in accordance with an agreement entered 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 a contract with the Trane Company, Willowbrook, Illinois, for the procurement of repair work services for the Lake County Courthouse chiller in the amount of $46,425, charging to account number 101-1220030-72250.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on October 10, 2017.