Title
Resolution authorizing a contract with MidCo, Chicago, Illinois, for Mitel phone system maintenance and software assurance in the estimated amount of $127,529.
Staff Summary
• The contract with Telcom Innovations Group (TIG) for Mitel phone system maintenance and software assurance is expiring.
• Lake County’s Enterprise Technology (ET) is requesting authorization to contract with MidCo for Mitel phone system maintenance and software assurance as it offers more comprehensive support.
• MidCo is a vendor whose services will be procured through a joint purchasing agreement which was competitively solicited and awarded through Sourcewell formally known as National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) contract number 040314.
• Article 10-101 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Purchasing, enables the County to 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.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the contract with TIG for Mitel phone system maintenance and software assurance is expiring; and
WHEREAS, ET is requesting to replace TIG’s service with MidCo as it offers more comprehensive support; and
WHEREAS, Purchasing identified a joint purchasing agreement, that was competitively solicited and awarded, through National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) contract number 040314; and
WHEREAS, 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; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent is authorized to enter into a contract with MidCo for Mitel phone system maintenance and software assurance in the estimated amount of $127,529.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 12, 2019.