Title
Resolution ratifying a contract with Management Partners, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, to provide consulting and facilitation services for the Lake County Commission on Government Reform and Accountability in the amount of $87,500.
Staff Summary
* Management Partners, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, is a professional management consulting firm specializing in helping government organizations improve their operations.
* Management Partners, Inc. was originally retained by the County Administrator's Office through a professional services agreement in May 2017 to develop a proposed plan of work for the Lake County Commission on Government Reform and Accountability (Commission).
* The scope of the agreement increased in June 2017 to include completing additional research on background material, identifying guest speakers and other expert testimony, and facilitating the Commission meetings.
* The final phase of the agreement proposed includes the facilitation of the remainder of the Commission meetings currently scheduled until the end of the year and the documentation of the work completed in a final report and summary presentation.
* There is a need to ratify the existing contract with Management Partners, Inc. and amend the contract to include all phases of work.
* Pursuant to Article 6, Section 102, the Purchasing Agent convened an ad hoc review group that approved bid exemption based on an existing, long standing, successful relationship for professional services, and the knowledge gained through this relationship adds value integral to the services provided.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, there is a need to ratify a contract with Management Partners, Inc. of Cincinnati, Ohio, to provide consulting and facilitation services for the Lake County Commission on Government Reform and Accountability; and
WHEREAS, Management Partners, Inc. of Cincinnati, Ohio, is a professional management consulting firm specializing in helping government organizations improve their operatio...
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