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Joint resolution authorizing a contract in the amount of $35,000 with Hoerr Construction, Inc., Peoria, Illinois, using a shared services contract with the City of Lake Forest (Lake Forest), for 965 feet of sanitary sewer rehabilitation in the Highland Lake area.
Staff Summary
• In furtherance of the County Board’s shared services strategic initiative, Public Works closely works with the County Administrator’s Office to identify shared service opportunities.
• The Public Works Department (Public Works) provides sewer service throughout portions of Lake County (County) and rehabilitates deteriorated and aging sanitary sewer systems.
• In 2017, Lake Forest - on behalf of the participating Municipal Partnering Initiative (MPI) group members City of Lake Forest, City of Highland Park, and Village of Mundelein - extended an invitation to bid for sewer rehabilitation services which included components such as sewer lining.
• As a result of that bid, Lake Forest contracted with Hoerr Construction as the lowest responsive and responsible bid and renewed the contract for an additional one-year term.
• Through this contract, Public Works coordinated with Lake Forest to obtain the same negotiated 2018 contract pricing for sewer lining services. As a result, Hoerr Construction submitted a quote to Public Works in the amount of $35,000 for 965 feet of sanitary sewer lining and associated work in Highland Lake.
• 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.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, the County of Lake (County) owns, operates and maintains several sanitary sewer systems within the County; and
WHEREAS, Public Works provides sewer service throughout portions of Lake County and undertakes rehabilitation of deteriorated and aging sanitary sewer systems; and
WHEREAS, as part of the County’s shared services initiative, Public Works has closely worked with the County Administrator’s Office to identify shared service opportunities; and
WHEREAS, in 2017 an invitation to bid was extended by the City of Lake Forest on behalf of the participating Municipal Partnering Initiative (MPI) group members City of Lake Forest, City of Highland Park, and Village of Mundelein; and
WHEREAS, Hoerr Construction, Inc., Peoria, Illinois, submitted the lowest responsive and responsible bid; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lake Forest, on behalf of the MPI group, renewed this contract for an additional one-year term ; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 10-101 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, a cooperative purchasing contract with Hoerr Construction, Inc., Peoria, Illinois, has been identified for the services; and
WHEREAS, Lake County Public Works Department coordinated with Lake Forest through their Sewer Lining Program renewal to obtain the same negotiated 2018 contract pricing; and
WHEREAS, Hoerr Construction, Inc. Peoria, Illinois, submitted a quote to Lake County Public Works in the amount of $35,000 for sanitary sewer repair in the Highland Lake area.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent is hereby authorized and directed to execute a contract with Hoerr Construction, Inc., Peoria, Illinois, in the amount of $35,000 for the Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation 2018 - Shared Services Project and charging the costs thereof to various accounts.
DATED at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, on this 10th day of April, A.D., 2018.