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Joint Resolution authorizing an agreement with Christopher B. Burke Engineering, LTD, Rosemont, Illinois, for project and construction management consulting services.
Staff Summary
• Lake County Public Works (LCPW) is seeking project and construction management services. This master agreement, sourced through a full Statement of Interest (SOI) competitive process, will allow individual task orders to be issued up to a maximum cumulative value of $300,000 for a given year. The term of the contract will be two years with three one-year renewal options to allow for future projects with services based on approved contracted rates.
• The consultant will act as the principal agent of Lake County Public Works in the management of administrative duties of project management, providing resident engineering services, reviewing design and bid documents.
• The Lake County Purchasing Division received Statements of Interests from six professional firms in response to the issued Statement of Interest #22125.
• The consultant selection committee evaluated the Statements of Interests from six professional firms of which three were short-listed and interviewed.
• In accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, two consultants were selected for contract agreements and are recommended, one of which is Christopher B. Burke Engineering, LTD, Rosemont, Illinois.
• The ongoing LCPW Capital Improvement Program includes an annual budget for this service.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Lake County Public Works is seeking project and construction management consulting services; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Purchasing Division received Statements of Interests from six professional firms in response to issued Statement of Interest #22125; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, two consultants were selected for contract agreements and recommended for selection, one of which is Christopher B. Burke Engineering, LTD, Rosemont, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the contract with Christopher B. Burke Engineering, LTD, Rosemont, Illinois, provides that the consultant will act as the principal agent of Lake County Public Works in the management of administrative duties of project management, providing resident engineering services, reviewing design and bid documents; and
WHEREAS, the term of the contract will be two years with three one-year renewal options to allow for future projects with services based on approved contracted rates. The future anticipated annual spend is estimated at $300,000
annually.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract with Christopher B. Burke Engineering, LTD, Rosemont, Illinois, in the amount of $300,000, for project and construction management services budgeted as part of the ongoing Lake County Public Works Capital Improvement Program.
DATED, at Waukegan, Illinois, on October 11, 2022.