Title
Joint resolution authorizing a one-year contract with AutoMon LLC, Scottsdale, Arizona to provide software maintenance and service to Lake County Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court in an estimated annual amount of $94,464.78.
Staff Summary
• Lake County Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court has contracted with AutoMon LLC for software license and maintenance for various case management modules associated with specialty courts since 2004.
• Currently the modules have been contracted individually and staff has sought to bundle all of the software license and maintenance agreements into one comprehensive document with for a consistent term and renewal rates.
• This resolution authorizes agreement with AutoMon LLC, to provide software license and maintenance services to Lake County for one year in the estimated annual amount of $94,464.78 with options to renew for two additional one-year periods and increases capped at five percent.
• Pursuant to Article Six, Section 102, the Purchasing Agent has approved the bid exemption on the basis of an existing long-standing successful relationship for services, and the knowledge gained through this relationship adds value integral to the services provided.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, in accordance with Article Six, Section 102, the Purchasing Agent has approved the bid exemption on the basis of an existing long-standing successful relationship for services, and the knowledge gained through this relationship adds value integral to the services provided; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the County to enter into a one-year agreement, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods with AutoMon LLC, Scottdale, AZ in an estimated amount of $94,464.78; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Article 6, Section 102 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, the Purchasing Agent has determined that this purchase is exempt from bidding on the basis that there exists a long standing, successful relationship for professional services, and the knowledge gained through this relationship adds value integral to the services provided.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent be authorized to enter into the contract with AutoMon LLC, Scottsdale, AZ to provide software license and maintenance service in an estimated annual amount of $94,464.78 out of account number 250-3210010-71220-000-000-000-00000.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on this 3rd day of November 2020.