Title
Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Burris Equipment of Waukegan, Illinois, for the purchase of a skid steer for the Lake County Division of Transportation in the amount of $64,996.
Staff Summary
• The Lake County Division of Transportation is in need of a new skid steer for their operations.
• Replacement of the skid steer was not specifically authorized in the County’s fiscal year 2015 budget and requires formal County Board approval.
• Purchasing identified a national cooperative purchasing contract with Burris Equipment of Waukegan, Illinois, through the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) to procure the skid steer at a contract price that was competitively solicited and awarded.
• Pursuant to Article 10-101 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative 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 into between the participants.
• This contract will cost the County the amount of $64,996.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Lake County Division of Transportation is in need of a new skid steer for their operations; and
WHEREAS, replacement of the skid steer was not specifically authorized in the County’s fiscal year 2015 budget and requires formal County Board approval; and
WHEREAS, Purchasing identified a national cooperative purchasing contract with Burris Equipment of Waukegan, IL through the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) to procure the skid steer at a contract price that was competitively solicited and awarded; and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Article 10-101 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative 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 into between the participants.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent is authorized to enter into a contract with Burris Equipment of Waukegan, IL for the purchase of a skid steer for the Lake County Division of Transportation in the amount of $64,996, charged to account #214-4300040-84010.
DATED at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, on December 8, 2015.