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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Seiler Instrument and Manufacturing Company, Inc., Itasca, Illinois, for the purchase of Phase III Engineering Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment and appropriating $60,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for the initial agreement and six years of technology support.
Staff Summary
• The Division of Transportation (DOT) has utilized Trimble equipment for many years and has found such equipment meets our needs.
• Pursuant to Chapter 33.066 Bid Exemption of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, the Purchasing Agent has made a determination based on previous bid exemptions (2014 and 2020) that there is only one single source approved as an authorized dealer for the region.
• Seiler Instrument and Manufacturing Company, Inc. is the only authorized dealer in the Midwest for Trimble equipment.
• This agreement includes the purchase of one Trimble GPS unit along with the related equipment and accessories.
• The appropriation also covers cellular service and Trimble VRSNow service required to operate the equipment.
• This equipment is used for Phase III engineering services and is included in the Transportation Improvement Program, and designated as Section 22-00800-00-EQ.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Division of Transportation (DOT) has utilized Trimble equipment for many years and has found such equipment meets our needs; and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Chapter 33.066 Bid Exemption of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, the Purchasing Agent has made a determination based on previous bid exemptions (2014 and 2020) that there is only one single source approved as an authorized dealer for the region; and
WHEREAS, Seiler Instrument and Manufacturing Company, Inc., Itasca, Illinois, is the only authorized dealer in the Midwest for Trimble equipment; and
WHEREAS, this agreement includes the purchase of one Trimble Global Positioning System (GPS) unit along with the related equipment and accessories; and
WHEREAS, monthly cellular service and annual Trimble VRSNow service used to operate the equipment will also be purchased from this appropriation; and
WHEREAS, an appropriation of funds is required.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that the Purchasing Agent is hereby authorized and directed to enter into an agreement with Seiler Instrument and Manufacturing Company, Inc., Itasca, Illinois, for the purchase of one Trimble GPS Unit and related equipment and accessories for the Lake County Division of Transportation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there is hereby appropriated $60,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds, and designated as Section 22-00800-00-EQ.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on August 9, 2022.