Lake County Illinois - File #: 23-1081

• File #: 23-1081
• Version: 1
• Name: Purchase of Photovoltaic Array (PV) for the Regional Operations and Communications Facility
• Type: resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/20/2023
• In control: Financial & Administrative Committee
• Final action: 8/8/2023
• Title: Resolution authorizing execution of a contract with SunPeak, LLC of Madison, Wisconsin, in the amount of $2,249,300 for the Purchase of Photovoltaic Array (PV) for the Regional Operations and Communications Facility.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/8/2023	1	Lake County Board	adopted	Pass
8/3/2023	1	Financial & Administrative Committee	recommended for adoption to the regular agenda	Pass

Title

Resolution authorizing execution of a contract with SunPeak, LLC of Madison, Wisconsin, in the amount of $2,249,300 for the Purchase of Photovoltaic Array (PV) for the Regional Operations and Communications Facility.

Staff Summary

•                     As part of the Modified Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Budget and in alignment with the Facilities Capital Improvement Plan, design of a new Consolidated 911, Emergency Management Agency (EMA), and Emergency Telephone Systems Board (ETSB) Facility was authorized. 

•                     Funding for this project is provided through ARPA and bond funds.

•                     The County issued a two-step bid to identify qualified bidders. The bid included a base bid for a comprehensive PV array and supporting work and three alternates. 

•                     Lake County received two bids for the base bid for the project ranging from $2,020,000 to $2,998,493.87. It was determined that it was in the best interests of Lake County to award alternate #2 of which only one bid was received in the amount of $2,249,300.

•                     SunPeak, LLC or Madison, Wisconsin, was the lowest responsive and responsible bidder for alternate #2 in the amount of $2,249,300.

•                     This resolution authorizes and directs the County Purchasing Agent to execute a contract with SunPeak, LLC of Madison, Wisconsin, in the amount of $2,249,300.

Body

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the development of a new Regional Operations and Communications Facility on the west side of Lake County’s Libertyville Campus has been identified as a strategic initiative of the Lake County Board; and

WHEREAS, in accordance with the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, bids were called for by publication for the Purchase of Photovoltaic Array (PV) for the Regional Operations and Communications Facility; and

WHEREAS, SunPeak, LLC, Inc. is the lowest responsive, responsible bidder for alternate #2 in the amount of $2,249,300.

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 SunPeak, LLC of Madison, Wisconsin in the amount of $2,249,300 for the Purchase of Photovoltaic Array (PV) for the Regional Operations and Communications Facility.

DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on August 8, 2023.