Title
Resolution authorizing a one-year contract with Heartland Business Systems, Lisle, Illinois, for legacy phone system support and software assurance in the estimated amount of $232,015.
Staff Summary
• The contract for our legacy phone system is up for renewal and Enterprise Information Technology recommends approving a one-year contract with Heartland Business Systems.
• Heartland Business Systems will provide professional services and support in an amount not to exceed $75,000 in addition to software assurance in an estimated amount of $157,015 for the County’s legacy phone system.
• Pursuant to Chapter 33.115 Cooperative Joint Purchasing Authorized, the County may either participate in, sponsor, conduct, or administer a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurement of goods, services, construction, or professional services with one or more public procurement units in accordance with an agreement between those units to do so.
• A cooperative purchasing contract with Heartland Business Systems has been identified through Sourcewell (022719-MBS) to procure needed goods, services, construction, or professional services that were competitively solicited and awarded.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the County’s current contract for its legacy phone support is up for renewal and Enterprise Information Technology recommends approving a one-year contract with Heartland Business Systems; and
WHEREAS, Heartland Business Systems will provide professional services and support in an amount not to exceed $75,000 in addition to software assurance in an estimated amount of $157,015 for the County’s legacy phone system; and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Chapter 33.115 Cooperative Joint Purchasing Authorized, the County may either participate in, sponsor, conduct, or administer a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurement of goods, services, construction, or professional services with one or more public procurement units in accordance with an agreement between those units to do so; and
WHEREAS, a cooperative purchasing contract has been identified through Sourcewell (022719-MBS) to procure needed goods, services, construction, or professional services that were competitively solicited and awarded.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLOVED, by this Lake County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent is authorized to enter into a one-year contract with Heartland Business Systems, for legacy phone system support and software assurance in the estimated amount of $232,015.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 9, 2021.