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Joint Resolution authorizing an agreement with Graybar Electric Company, Inc., Glendale Heights, Illinois, for the purchase of electrical components for the SCADA Phase 3 project in the amount of $68,712.28.
Staff Summary
• The Department of Public Works operates a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system, which allows for wireless communication and data collection among the various Public Works water and wastewater systems.
• Public Works is working to implement Phase 3 of the SCADA Master Plan (the SCADA Phase 3 project), which will connect portions of the southeast sewer system to the network, update portions of the central sewer system SCADA network, and update the SCADA network of the former Lakes Region Sanitary District assets.
• Portions of the SCADA Phase 3 project will be implemented by a contractor and portions of the work will be implemented by Public Works electricians, requiring the purchase of electrical components to be installed by the Public Works electricians.
• Public Works identified a cooperative purchasing contract with Graybar Electric Company, Inc., through OMNIA Partners, to procure electrical components that was competitively solicited and awarded.
• Pursuant to Section 33.115 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Joint 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 between the participants.
• This Resolution authorizes the Purchasing Agent to purchase electrical components for the SCADA Phase 3 project from Graybar Electric Company, Inc., Glendale Heights, Illinois, in the amount of $68,712.28.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works operates a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system, which allows for wireless communication and data collection among the various Public Works water and wastewater systems; and
WHEREAS, Public Works is working to implement Phase 3 of the SCADA Master Plan (SCADA Phase 3 project), which will connect portions of the southeast sewer system to the network, update portions of the central sewer system SCADA network, and update the SCADA network of the former Lakes Region Sanitary District assets; and
WHEREAS, portions of the SCADA Phase 3 work require the purchase of electrical components to be installed by Department of Public Works electricians; and
WHEREAS, Public Works identified a cooperative purchasing contract with Graybar Electric Company, Inc., through OMNIA Partners, to procure electrical components that was competitively solicited and awarded; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 33.115 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Joint 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 between the participants.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent is authorized to enter into an agreement, with Graybar Electric Company, Inc., Glendale Heights, Illinois, for the purchase of electrical components for the SCADA Phase 3 project in the amount of $68,712.28.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on August 9, 2022.