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Resolution authorizing a contract with Trane U.S. Inc., Willowbrook, Illinois, for the upgrade of Building Automation System (BAS) equipment at the Lake County Park City and Mundelein Branch Courthouses in the amount of $49,561.
Staff Summary
* As part of Fiscal Year 2020 budget process, funding was appropriated for BAS.
* This project will upgrade the aging BAS with technology from Trane with a new intelligent field controller to coordinate all building controls.
* The existing Trane building unit controller is beyond its useful life and the software is obsolete. This contract will install a new web-enabled BAS controller (BACnet) that will allow the County to remotely monitor and control the remaining building automation heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment.
* Lake County Purchasing identified a cooperative purchasing contract with Trane U.S. Inc. through the U.S. Communities Contract to procure the needed service by the original equipment manufacturer.
* 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, as part of Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Process, services were approved to upgrade the aging building automation system with new technology by using the Trane System Controller (SC+); and
WHEREAS, this work will provide and install a new web enabled BACnet Native building automation system solutions to replace/upgrade existing Trane Tracer Summit System; and
WHEREAS, Lake County Purchasing identified a cooperative purchasing contract with Trane U.S. Inc. through the U.S. Communities Contract to procure the needed service by the original equipment manufacturer; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 10-101 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperati...
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