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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Sauber Manufacture of Virgil, Illinois, to procure the outfitting of a customized emergency response vehicle for Lake County Public Works in the amount of $123,534.
Staff Summary
• Public Works currently owns an emergency response vehicle. The interior of the chassis now requires outfitting with equipment including an air compressor, hydraulic power unit, on-board generator, and miscellaneous cabinetry supplied by a specialty contractor.
• In July 2016, Lake County Purchasing issued a bid for the purchase of a chassis for the water and sewer emergency response vehicle for Public Works.
• An invitation for bid was sent to nine vendors and the County received one responsive bid in the amount of $123,534.
• Lake County Public Works has contacted multiple governmental agencies that have procured similar trucks and determined that Sauber Manufacture has a successful history of outfitting these types of vehicles.
• Pursuant to Article 6, Section 102, the Purchasing Agent convened an ad hoc review group that approved a bid exemption on the basis that Sauber Manufacture is the only source that provides outfitting of this type of customized emergency response vehicle.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, in July 2016, Lake County Purchasing issued a bid for the purchase of a chassis for a water and sewer emergency response vehicle for Lake County Public Works; and
WHEREAS, the invitation for bid was sent to nine vendors and one vendor responded for the purchase of a chassis; and
WHEREAS, Lake County Public Works requires the outfitting of the chassis to be provided by a contractor with expertise in this type of equipment; and
WHEREAS, Lake County Public Works has contacted multiple governmental agencies that have similar trucks and determined that Sauber Manufacture has a long history of outfitting this type of vehicle; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 6, Section 102, the Purchasing Agent convened an ad hoc review group that approved bid exemption on the basis that Sauber Manufacture is the only source that provides this type of customized emergency response vehicle.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent be authorized to enter into the contract with Sauber Manufacture, of Virgil, Illinois, to procure the outfitting of a customized emergency response vehicle for Lake County Public Works in the amount of $123,534 out of account number 610-4881099-83010.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on October 11, 2016.