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Joint resolution to enter into a contract with Conference Technologies, Inc., of Itasca, Illinois, for courtroom technology and miscellaneous audio visual systems for the Lake County Courthouse Expansion Project in an amount of $2,709,341.
Staff Summary
* There is a need to enter into a contract to complete the design, furnish, and install audio visual technology for courtrooms, agency spaces, and public areas for the Lake County Courthouse Expansion Project.
* The audio visual technology includes various assisted listening, courtroom presentation, conferencing and display systems. This consists of numerous components such as; projectors, display screens, microphones, speakers, cameras, switching matrixes, amplifiers, controllers, and all ancillary cabling.
* A request for proposal (RFP) was released on December 2, 2016, and sent to 37 vendors. Sealed proposals were received from two non-local vendors.
* An interdepartmental committee comprised of representatives from the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court, Information Technology, and Finance and Administrative Services reviewed the proposals and interviewed the two firms.
* Based on the criteria set forth in the RFP, the evaluation group selected Conference Technology, Inc., of Itasca, Illinois, as the most favorable proposal for Lake County.
* In 2015, the costs for this work was estimated at $3,000,000.
* This contract will cost the County an amount of $2,709,341.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 5-102 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, proposals were called for by publication for technology and audio visual systems; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to said publication, request for proposals were extended to 37 vendors; and
WHEREAS, sealed proposals were received from two vendors and opened at the Lake County Administrative Building, Waukegan, Illinois, on December 22, 2016, at 2:00 p.m.; and
WHEREAS, based on the criteria set forth in the RFP, an Evaluation Comm...
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