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Joint Resolution authorizing execution of an agreement with EnRoute Emergency Systems, Tampa, FL, to upgrade the existing Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system used by the Emergency Telephone System Board (ETSB) to add Law Mobile and Mobile Mapping modules in the total amount not to exceed $268,708.
Staff Summary
• EnRoute Emergency Systems, Tampa, Florida has provided the Computer Aided Dispatch System software (CAD) for the Emergency Telephone System Board since 1994.
• There is a need to upgrade the existing CAD to add Law Mobile and Mobile Mapping modules to facilitate interoperability between police, fire and EMS operations.
• The Emergency Telephone Systems Board approved this purchase at their regular meeting on December 1, 2009.
• Pursuant to Article 6, Section 102 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, the Purchasing Agent consulted with an ad hoc review group and determined that this upgrade is exempt from bidding.
• This purchase will cost $268,708 and the total cost charged to account # 910-9000010-84070-000-000-000-00000.
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WHEREAS, EnRoute Emergency Systems, Tampa, Florida has provided Computer Aided Dispatch System software (CAD) for the Emergency Telephone System Board since 1994; and
WHEREAS, there is a need to upgrade the current CAD software to add Law Mobile and Mobile Mapping modules to facilitate interoperability between police, fire and EMS operations; and
WHEREAS, the Emergency Telephone System Board approved this purchase at their regular meeting on December 1, 2009.
WHEREAS, in accordance with Article 6, Section 102 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, the Purchasing Agent consulted with an ad hoc review group and determined that this purchase is exempt from bidding on the basis of sole source; and
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 EnRoute Emergency Systems, Tampa, FL, to upgrade the existing CAD system used by the Emergency Telephone System Board (ETSB) to include Law Mobile and Mobile Mapping modules in the total amount not to exceed $268,708 charging the total cost to account # 910-9000010-84070-000-000-000-00000.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on this 12th day of January, A.D., 2010.