Title
Resolution ratifying an Emergency Procurement authorized by the Facilities Manager with Cryotech Deicing Technology, Fort Madison, IA in the amount of $26,193 for Calcium Magnesium Acetate Ice Control Chemical.
Staff Summary
• The winter of 2008 required unusually high consumption of rock salt and other ice control chemicals resulting in supply shortages at inflated prices.
• There is a need to maintain an inventory of ice control chemical to accommodate the Lake County building complex in downtown Waukegan.
• In accordance with Article 6-103 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, the Facilities Manager certified an emergency condition.
• The Facilities Management Division solicited quotations from six (6) suppliers.
• Cryotech Deicing Technology, Fort Madison, IA provided the lowest responsive quotation for 400 bags of Calcium Magnesium Acetate in the amount of $26,193.
• This is to ratify an Emergency Procurement authorized by the Facilities Manager with Cryotech Deicing Technology, Fort Madison, IA in the amount of $26,193.
• The purchase was charged to account # 101-1220030-61040-031-000-000-00000.
Body
WHEREAS, the winter of 2008 required unusually high consumption of rock salt and other ice control chemicals resulting in supply shortages at inflated prices; and
WHEREAS, there is a need to maintain an inventory of ice control chemical to accommodate the Lake County building complex in downtown Waukegan; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Article 6-103 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, the Facilities Manager certified that an emergency condition exists; and
WHEREAS, the Facilities Management Division solicited quotations from six (6) suppliers; and
WHEREAS, Cryotech Deicing Technology, Fort Madison, IA provided the lowest responsive quotation for 400 bags of Calcium Magnesium Acetate in the amount of $26,193.00; and
WHEREAS, the other quotations received ranged in price from $28,000.00 to $51,350.00; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Emergency Procurement authorized by the Facilities Manager with Cryotech Deicing Technology, Fort Madison, IA in the amount of $26,193.00 for Calcium Magnesium Acetate Ice Control Chemical, charging the costs thereof to account # 101-1220030-61040-031-000-000-00000 is ratified.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on this 18TH day of November, A.D., 2008.