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Resolution authorizing execution of a contract with Engineered Services, DBA Powerlink Electric, Vernon Hills, Illinois in the amount of $1,660,290 for the Depke Emergency Generator and Main Switchboard Replacement.
Staff Summary
• As part of the Fiscal Year 2023 Facility Assessment Budget Process and Facilities Capital Improvement Plan, Depke Emergency Generator and Main Switchboard Replacement was authorized.
• Project will construct an electrical room for a new modern and engineered electrical switchboard to provide reliable and safe electrical service to the Juvenile Detention Complex. Work will also include replacing two antiquated electrical main panelboards and decommissioning one ComEd transformers.
• There is a need to replace the small existing backup emergency generator which only services a small portion of Juvenile Detention Complex with a larger generator sized to provide emergency power for the entire Juvenile Courthouse and the Detention Complex.
• The County received three bids for the project in the amount of $1,660,290 to $1,975,059.
• Award of this contract is recommended to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, Engineered Services, DBA Powerlink Electric, Vernon Hills, Illinois, who best meets the needs of the County in the amount of $1,660,290.
• This resolution authorizes and directs the County Purchasing Agent to execute a contract with Engineered Services, DBA Powerlink Electric, Vernon Hills, Illinois, in the amount of $1,660,290.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the County of Lake (County) owns, operates the Depke Juvenile Justice Facility, and
WHEREAS, there is a need to replace the existing generator and main switchboards at the Depke Juvenile Detention Complex; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, bids were called for by publication for the Depke Emergency Generator and Main Switchboard Replacement; and
WHEREAS, Engineered Services, DBA Powerlink Electric, is the lowest responsive, responsible bidder in the amount of $1,660,290.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent is hereby authorized and directed to execute a contract with Engineered Services, DBA Powerlink Electric in the amount of $1,660,290 for the Depke Emergency Generator and Main Switchboard Replacement.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on February 21, 2023