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Resolution authorizing a contract with Homestead Electrical Contracting, LLC, Ingleside, IL for the removal and replacement of the fire alarm systems for the Administrative Tower/Courts Complex, Coroner's Office and Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT), in the amount of $1,762,945.
Staff Summary
· The existing fire alarm system for the Administrative Tower and Courts Complex, Coroner's Office, and LCDOT facilities are beyond their useful life and replacement parts are no longer available.
· The new fire alarm system will have a visual notification and voice annunciation with mass notification features for all fire event and non-fire events.
· The new fire alarm system will be adjusted, tested, have all communication abilities intended brought on-line and the entire system will be certified to meet the applicable code and local requirements.
· An invitation to bid for removal and replacement of the fire alarm system was issued and invitations were extended to 77 vendors.
· Sealed bids were received from three firms ranging from $1,762,945 to $2,602,450.
· Homestead Electrical Contracting, LLC. Ingleside, IL, is the lowest responsive and responsible bidder who best meets the needs of the County for a cost of $1,762,945.
Body
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 4-102 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, bids were called for by publication for the Removal and Replacement of the Fire Alarm System for the Administrative Tower/Courts Complex, Coroner's Office and DOT; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to said publication, an Invitation to Bid was extended to 77 vendors; and
WHEREAS, sealed bids were received from three vendors and opened at the Central Permit Facility, Libertyville, Illinois, on May 16, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.; and
WHEREAS, the existing fire alarm system for the Admin Tower and Courts Complex, Coroner's Office and DOT facilities are beyond their useful life, replacement parts are no longer available; and
WHEREAS, the new fire alarm systems will have a visual notification and voice annunciation with mass notification features for all fire event and non-fire events; and
WHEREAS, the new fire alarm system shall be adjusted, tested, all communication abilities intended brought on-line and the entire system shall be certified to meet the applicable codes and local requirements; and
WHEREAS, based on the criteria set forth in the Invitation to Bid; the staff evaluated the bid submittals and determined that the bid submitted by Homestead Electrical Contracting, LLC, Ingleside, IL in the amount of $1,762,945, is the lowest responsive and responsible bidder that best meets the needs of the County.
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 Homestead Electrical Contracting, LLC, Ingleside, IL for the Removal and Replacement of the Fire Alarm System for the Administrative Tower/Courts Complex, Coroner's Office and DOT in the amount of $1,762,945, charging to accounts #101-1103285-82020-000-000-000-11103 and 101-1103285-82020-000-000-000-11155.
DATED at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, on June 11, 2013.