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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with KONE, Inc., Lombard, Illinois, for elevator maintenance and repairs in the estimated annual amount of $148,680.
Staff Summary
* Lake County desires to enter into a two-year contract, with renewal options with KONE, Inc., Lombard, Illinois for elevator maintenance and repairs, for Facility Operations, Division of Transportation (DOT) and Lake County Health Department.
* Lake County Facilities are tasked with overseeing the elevator maintenance for Lake County at both the Downtown Waukegan Complex, and at several outlying agencies or locations in Lake County, Illinois. Health Department and DOT maintain the elevators at their facilities.
* Kone, Inc. has provided the best pricing that will increase maintenance time while reducing travel time and administrative costs.
* Kone, Inc. is providing Lake County with a custom maintenance program that will decrease equipment downtime and lengthen the life span of our elevators.
* Kone, Inc. will provide an Asset Management plan to assist with budgeting and prioritizing future upgrades.
* Kone, Inc. has a web-based reporting tool that will allow online tracking of our emergency calls, preventive maintenance and repairs
* Facilities identified a cooperative purchasing contract with Kone, Inc., Lombard, Illinois, through U.S. Communities to procure elevator maintenance and repairs 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 between the participants.
* The contract authorizes a two-year agreement with three additional one-year renewal options and will cost Lake County an estimated annual amount of $148,680 that will be charged to accounts for Facilities Operations, Division of Transportation and Lake Coun...
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