Title
Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Bradford Systems of Bensenville, Illinois, for the purchase of a high-density mobile storage system for the new Lake County Multi-Departmental Storage Facility project in the amount of $473,555.
Staff Summary
• There is a need to provide and install a high-density mobile storage system for the new Lake County Multi-Departmental Storage Facility project.
• The solution includes pass-thru lockers, shelving sections, powered mobile carriages, and space saving rail systems which will efficiently secure various evidence and property items being stored by the Sheriff’s Office and Clerk of the Circuit Court.
• Funding for the project was previously approved by the County Board through the Corporate Capital Improvement Program (CCIP) process, this specific expense was expected and is included within the project’s overall budget.
• Bradford Systems of Bensenville, Illinois, is identified as a national cooperative purchasing contractor through the National Intergovernmental Purchasing Alliance (IPA) to procure the high-density mobile storage solutions at a contract price that was competitively solicited and awarded.
• 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 into between the participants.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, there is a need to provide and install a high-density mobile storage system for the new Lake County Multi-Departmental Storage Facility project; and
WHEREAS, the solution includes pass-thru lockers, shelving sections, powered mobile carriages, and space-saving rail systems which will efficiently secure various evidence and property items being stored by the Sheriff’s Office and Clerk of the Circuit Court; and
WHEREAS, funding for the project was previously approved by the County Board through the CCIP process, this specific expense was expected and is included within the project’s overall budget; and
WHEREAS, Bradford Systems of Bensenville, Illinois, is identified as a national cooperative purchasing contractor through the National Intergovernmental Purchasing Alliance (IPA) to procure the High Density Mobile Storage at a contract price 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 into between the participants.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that the Purchasing Agent is authorized to enter into a contract with Bradford Systems of Bensenville, Illinois, for the purchase of high-density mobile storage system for the new Lake County Multi-Departmental Storage Facility project in the amount of $473,555, charged to account # 101-1103180-82020.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on February 14, 2017.