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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Transitional Care Management (TCM), Rosemont, Illinois, for a three year term for the lease and replacement of Winchester House in an amount not to exceed $6,714,433 and an emergency appropriation of $1,931,957 for fiscal year (FY) 2015 for the one time payment of working cash.
Staff Summary
* Following extensive research, the Winchester House Advisory Board recommended the issuance of a Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit proposals from qualified entities in the private sector for leasing the existing Winchester House facility, becoming the licensee, and providing for a replacement facility by the end of the term of the lease.
* On July 8, 2014, the County Board directed the County Administrator's Office to publish a RFP for the purpose of evaluating the interest and feasibility of leasing the existing facility to a qualified vendor to operate the facility as the license holder and who shall provide for a privately operated replacement facility.
* A RFP was extended to 80 vendors, of which 12 requested documents and proposals were received from two vendors.
* An interdepartmental committee comprised of representatives from the Winchester House Advisory Board, the County Administrator's Office, State's Attorney's Office, and the Finance and Administrative Services Department evaluated the proposals.
* Based on the criteria set forth in the RFP, it has been determined that the proposal submitted by TCM, Rosemont, Illinois, is the most qualified and most favorable for Lake County.
* Pursuant to the terms of the lease agreement, TCM will lease the existing facility and will construct a replacement facility suitable to house the existing residents in a fully operational skilled nursing facility at the conclusion of the term of the agreement.
* The proposed agreement is for a three year term in an amount not to exceed $6,714,433.
* The Winchester House Advisory Board unanimously approved the recommenda...
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