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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Donohue and Associates, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, for engineering services for sanitary sewer system modelling and capacity analysis, design and construction oversight.
Staff Summary
• Lake County Public Works is seeking engineering services for sanitary sewer system modelling and capacity analysis, design and construction oversight. This master agreement, sourced through a full Statement of Interest (SOI) competitive process, will allow individual task orders to be issued up to a maximum cumulative value of $350,000 for a given year. The term of the contract will be two years with three one-year renewal options to allow for future projects with services based on approved contracted rates.
• An initial project has been identified: Task Order A - Des Plaines River Water Reclamation Facility and Southeast Interceptor Capacity Analysis.
• Lake County received and evaluated Statements of Interests from 16 professional firms of which three were short-listed.
• In accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, the recommended firm is Donohue and Associates, Inc.
• The initial contract with Donohue and Associates, Inc. will include preliminary engineering design services and engineering design services based on contracted hourly rates in an estimated amount of $137,040.
• The term of the contract will be two years with three one-year renewal options to allow for future projects with services based on approved contracted rates. The future anticipated annual spend is estimated at $350,000 annually.
• This service was included and budgeted as part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Capital Improvement Program.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Lake County Public Works is seeking engineering services for sanitary sewer system modelling and capacity analysis, design and construction oversight; and
WHEREAS, an initial project has been identified: Task Order A - Des Plaines River Water Reclamation Facility and Southeast Interceptor Capacity Analysis; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Purchasing received and evaluated Statements of Interests from sixteen professional firms of which three were short-listed; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, the recommended firm is Donohue and Associates, Inc., Chicago, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the initial contract with Donohue and Associates, Inc. will include preliminary engineering design services and engineering design services based on contracted hourly rates in an estimated amount of $137,040; and
WHEREAS, the term of the contract will be two years with three one-year renewal options to allow for future projects with services based on approved contracted rates. The future anticipated annual spend is estimated at $350,000.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that the Purchasing Agent is authorized to enter into a contract with Donohue and Associates, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, in the amount of $350,000, for sanitary sewer system modelling and capacity analysis, design and construction oversight and budgeted as part of the FY 2019 Capital Improvement Program.
DATED at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois on September 10, 2019.