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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Donohue and Associates, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, for engineering services for Facility Master Plan/Risk Assessments for Capital Planning up to a maximum cumulative value of $275,000 for a given year.
Staff Summary
• Lake County Public Works is seeking engineering services for Facility Master Plan / Risk Assessments for Capital Planning. 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 $275,000 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.
• Facility Planning and Risk Assessment for the Des Plaines River Water Reclamation Facility has been identified as the initial project.
• 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 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 $169,770.
• This service was included and budgeted as part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Corporate 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 Facility Master Plan/Risk Assessments for Capital Planning; and
WHEREAS, an initial project has been identified: Task Order A - Facility Master Plan/Risk Assessments for the Des Plaines River Water Reclamation Facility; 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 Donohue and Associates, Inc., Chicago, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the initial contract with Donohue and Associates, Inc. will include engineering consulting services based on contracted hourly rates in an estimated amount of $169,770; 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 $275,000.
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. in the amount of $275,000, for facility master plan/ risk assessments for capital planning and budgeted as part of the FY 2020 Capital Improvement Program.
DATED at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, on December 10, 2019.