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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Tecorp Inc. of Joliet, Illinois, in the amount of $214,000 for the Lake County Department of Public Works water tower tank exterior cleaning services.
Staff Summary
• The Lake County Department of Public Works owns and operates eight water tower tanks which require on-going professional cleaning services of the exterior surface of the elevated towers and standpipes.
• The County received bids from five contractors ranging from $44,000 to $387,335 for water tower tank exterior cleaning services. Four bidders were determined to be non-responsive.
• Two towers are scheduled for cleaning this year ($52,000) and are accounted for in the Department’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget ($60,000).
• Award of this contract is recommended to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, Tecorp Inc. of Joliet, Illinois, who best meets the needs of the County in the amount of $214,000, to service the eight water tower tanks, executable over a multi-year period, renewable annually for up to three years.
• This resolution authorizes and directs the County Purchasing agent to execute a contract with Tecorp Inc. of Joliet, Illinois, in the amount of $214,000.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Department of Public Works owns and operates eight water towers which require on-going professional cleaning services of the exterior surface of the elevated towers and standpipes; and
WHEREAS, as part of the Fiscal Year 2025 budget, the Department of Public Works budgeted for water tower exterior cleaning services for two towers; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, bids were called for by publication of the Water Tower Tank Exterior Cleaning Project; and
WHEREAS, Tecorp Inc., Joliet, Illinois, is the lowest responsible and responsive bidder in the amount of $214,000; and
WHEREAS, the term of the contract is executable over a multi-year period, renewable annually for up to three years and expires on November 30, 2027.
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 Tecorp Inc., of Joliet, Illinois, in the amount of $214,000 for the professional water tower tank exterior cleaning services.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 8, 2025.