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Joint resolution authorizing a contract, with SHI International Corp., Somerset, New Jersey for Adobe LiveCycle System in an annual amount of $48,187.10.
Staff Summary
• The Courts have been utilizing Adobe LiveCycle since 2013.
• Adobe LiveCycle system, now called Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), a product of ADOBE, is presently being utilized in streamlining 12 business application workflows which create efficient processes in operations and allow time savings for both staff and management.
• A cooperative purchasing agreement with SHI International Corp, Davidson Avenue, Somerset, New Jersey through Sourcewell Cooperative has been used for the last three years to procure this service, which expired October 19, 2024.
• A new cooperative purchasing agreement with SHI International Corp, through Sourcewell Cooperative, has been identified to continue this service.
• This resolution authorizes the Purchasing Agent to enter into a one-year contract, in an annual amount of $48,187.10, renewing the agreement through October 19, 2025.
• Pursuant to Article 33.115 Cooperative Joint Purchasing of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Lake County may participate in a cooperative purchasing agreement with Sourcewell.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Courts have been utilizing Adobe LiveCycle since 2013; and
WHEREAS, Adobe LiveCycle system, now called Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), a product of ADOBE, is presently being utilized in streamlining 12 business application workflows which create efficient processes in operations and allow time savings for both staff and management; and
WHEREAS, A cooperative purchasing agreement with SHI International Corp, Davidson Avenue, Somerset, New Jersey through Sourcewell Cooperative, has been used for the last three years to procure this service, which expired October 19, 2024; and
WHEREAS, A new cooperative purchasing agreement with SHI International Corp, through Sourcewell Cooperative, has been identified to continue this service; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Article 33.115 Cooperative Joint Purchasing of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County,
Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent is authorized to enter a contract with SHI International Corp., Somerset, New Jersey for Adobe Experience Manager in the annual amount of $48,187.10.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 12, 2024.