Title
Resolution authorizing a contract with Homestead Electrical Contracting, LLC, Ingleside, IL for the Emergency Generator at the 911 Center, Highway Patrol and Radio Antenna in the amount of $255,500.
Staff Summary
· The current back-up generator at the 911 Center is beyond its useful life.
· The new generator will also connect to the Highway Patrol and Radio Antenna to keep them in operations.
· An invitation to bid for the emergency generator replacement was extended to 27 vendors.
· Sealed bids were received from two local vendors and one non-local vendor, one bid was determined to be non-responsive, and the two responsive and responsible bids ranged from $255,500 to $261,580.09.
· Funding for this project was approved as part of the 2013 CCIP Facility Assessment.
· Homestead Electrical Contracting, LLC, Ingleside, IL is the lowest responsive and responsible bidder who best meets the needs of the County for a cost of $255,500.
Body
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 4-102 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, bids were called for Emergency Generator at the 911 Center, Highway Patrol and Radio Antenna; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to said publication, an Invitation to Bid was extended to 27 vendors; and
WHEREAS, sealed bids were received from two local vendors and one non-local vendor and opened at the Central Permit Facility, Libertyville, Illinois, on September 8, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.; and
WHEREAS, the current back-up generator at the 911 Center is beyond its useful life, the new generator will also connect to the Highway Patrol and Radio Antenna to keep them in operations; and
WHEREAS, based on the criteria set forth in the Invitation to Bid; the staff evaluated the bid submittals and determined that the bid submitted by Homestead Electrical Contracting, LLC, Ingleside, IL in the amount of $255,500, is the lowest responsive and responsible bidder that best meets the needs of the County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake...
Click here for full text