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Resolution authorizing Lake County to enter into agreements for temporary employee services with nine staffing agencies for clerical, medical, and other professional positions in the estimated amount of $130,000 annually.
Staff Summary
• Lake County’s current contract for Temporary Employee Services is set to expire on January 31, 2021.
• Various County departments use this service to supplement their staffing and there was a need to identify a new contracting opportunity.
• The Lake County Health Department (LCHD) issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Temporary Employee Services that would allow the County to piggyback on the final award.
• RFPs were extended to vendors by the Lake County Health Department and sealed proposals were received from twelve suppliers.
• Based on the criteria set forth in the RFP, the evaluation committee comprised of LCHD/CHC staff determined it to be in the best interest of the agency to award to multiple suppliers.
• Nine staffing agencies were awarded by the LCHD: Accounting Principals - clerical and professional, Aerotek - clerical, medical and professional, Assured Healthcare Staffing - medical, Diskriter - clerical, medical and professional, Express Employment Professionals - clerical, medical and professional, Infojini, Inc. - clerical, medical and professional, Maxim Healthcare Staffing - clerical, medical and professional, Medix - clerical, medical and professional, The Salem Group - clerical and professional.
• Pursuant to Article 10-101 of the County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Purchasing, the County may participate in a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurement of goods, services or professional services with one or more public procurement units in accordance with an agreement entered into between the participants.
• This resolution authorizes the Lake County departments to access the nine awarded vendors to provide Temporary Employee Services in the estimated amount of $130,000 annually based on the unit prices of each contract.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the County’s current contract for temporary staffing services is expiring; and
WHEREAS, various County departments use this service to supplement their staffing and there was a need to identify a new contracting opportunity; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Purchasing recommends utilizing the nine contracts awarded through a Lake County Health Department RFP process; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 10-101 of the County’s Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Purchasing, the County may participate in a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurements of goods, services, or professional services with one or more public procurement units in accordance with an agreement entered into 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 agreements for temporary employee services with nine staffing agencies for clerical, medical, and other professional positions in the estimated amount of $130,000 annually
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on January 12, 2021.