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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Baxter and Woodman, Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois for underground utility design engineering consulting services.
Staff Summary
• Lake County Public Works is seeking underground utility design engineering consulting services. 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 $325,000 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.
• The consultant will provide engineering consulting services for utility relocation design projects, including, but limited to, preliminary review, survey, preliminary design, final design, permitting, bidding and construction services.
• Lake County Purchasing received and evaluated SOI from 16 professional firms of which three were short-listed.
• In accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, the recommended firm is Baxter and Woodman, Inc.
• This service was included and budgeted as part of the Fiscal Year 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 underground utility design engineering consulting services; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Purchasing received and evaluated Statements of Interests from 16 professional firms of which three were short-listed; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, the recommended firm is Baxter and Woodman, Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the contract with Baxter & Woodman, Inc., provide engineering consulting services for utility relocation design projects, including, but limited to, preliminary review, survey, preliminary design, final design, permitting, bidding and construction services; 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 $325,000 annually.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that the Purchasing Agent is authorized to enter into a contract with Baxter and Woodman, Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois, in the amount of $325,000, for underground utility design engineering consulting services and budgeted as part of the Fiscal Year 2019 Capital Improvement Program.
DATED at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, on this 12th day of November, A.D., 2019.