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Resolution authorizing an agreement with Kone, Inc., Lombard, Illinois, for Elevator Modernization in the Administrative Tower in the amount of $1,891,324.
Staff Summary
• As part of the Fiscal Year 2023 Capital Budget Process and Facilities Capital Improvement Plan, Administrative Tower Elevator Modernization Project was authorized.
• There is a need for elevator modernization for the four traction elevators in the Administrative Tower located in Waukegan, Illinois.
• Project will provide reliable and safe elevator operations, to include new door safety devices, elevator controls, efficient motors, traveling cables, governor and brake safeties, emergency video communications, and interior cab renovations.
• Facilities identified a cooperative purchasing contract with Kone, Inc., Lombard, Illinois, through Omnia Partners to procure the elevator modernization services that was competitively solicited and awarded.
• Pursuant to Section 33.115 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Joint 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.
• The current term of the Omnia Partners contract expires on November 30, 2024.
• This resolution authorizes the cooperative purchasing contract with Kone, Inc. in the amount of $1,891,324.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, there is a need for elevator modernization for the four traction elevators in the Administrative Tower located in Waukegan, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Facilities identified a cooperative purchasing contract with Kone, Inc., Lombard, Illinois, through Omnia Partners to procure the elevator modernization services that was competitively solicited and awarded; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 33.115 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Joint 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
WHEREAS, the current term of the Omnia Partners contract expires on November 30, 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent is authorized to enter into an agreement, with Kone, Inc. in the amount of $1,891,324.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on February 21, 2023.