Title
Resolution authorizing a contract with Curvature, LLC, Santa Barbara, California to purchase information technology (IT) equipment including ports, switches, and ethernet for the Lake County (County) Courthouse Expansion Project in an estimated amount of $47,856.51.
Staff Summary
• The County Courthouse Expansion Project requires the purchase of IT equipment including ports, switches and ethernet. Funding for this purchase is budgeted as a part of the Fiscal Year 2018 General Fund Unallocated IT initiatives.
• The IT Department, which has assisted in providing equipment specifications, identified a cooperative purchasing contract with Curvature, LLC, Santa Barbara, California, through the General Services Administration (GSA)) to procure the needed services and equipment.
• Pursuant to Article 10-101 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, the 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, and allows for annual renewals through May 4, 2022, for the procurement of approved hourly rates and equipment costs for future needs as budgeted.
• The contract will be managed by the IT Department.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, there is a need to purchase information technology (IT) equipment for the Lake County Courthouse Expansion Project including ports, switches, and ethernet; and
WHEREAS, the IT Department has assisted in providing the specifications for the equipment that is needed; and
WHEREAS, IT identified a cooperative purchasing contract with the General Services Administration (GSA) to procure the needed equipment 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 between the participants; and
WHEREAS, funding for this service is budgeted as part of the Fiscal Year 2018 General Fund Unallocated IT initiatives, and the contract will be managed by the IT Department; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent is hereby directed to enter into a contract with Curvature, LLC, Santa Barbara, California, to purchase information technology equipment for the Lake County Courthouse Expansion Project in an estimated amount of $47,856.51 and approves the continued use of the contract, via annual renewals through May 4, 2022, based on approved unit costs for future needs as budgeted and charged to account number 101-1103282-84030.
DATED, at Waukegan, Illinois, on March 13, 2018.