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Joint resolution authorizing a five-year contract, plus renewal options, with West Publishing Corporation, Eagan, Minnesota for Online Legal, Public Record, Investigative, and Research Services in the estimated annual amount of $222,613.20.
Staff Summary
* The current contract for online Legal, Public Record, Investigative, and Research services is expiring.
* Online legal research provides web-based access to 167 users in various County departments to search legal databases, three patron access terminals in the Law Library and West km provides knowledge management software to 50 users.
* Purchasing identified a cooperative purchasing contract with West Publishing Corporation, Eagan, Minnesota, through Cook County Master Agreement to procure Online Legal, Public Record, Investigative, and Research Services that was competitively solicited and awarded.
* The contract authorizes the Purchasing Agent to enter into a five-year agreement, with no renewal options, that will cost the County an estimated annual amount of $222,613.20 to be paid from various Lake County accounts. Terms of this contract is August 1, 2021 thru July 31, 2026.
* Pursuant to Article 10-101 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Purchasing, Lake County may participate in a cooperative purchasing agreement with West Publishing Corporation.
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WHEREAS, the current contract for online Legal, Public Record, Investigative, and Research services is expiring; and
WHEREAS, online legal research provides web-based access to 167 users in various County departments to search legal databases, three patron access terminals in the Law Library and West km provides knowledge management software to 50 users; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with 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 agreeme...
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