Lake County Illinois - File #: 23-0174

• File #: 23-0174
• Version: 1
• Name: Joint resolution authorizing a five (5) year contract with Axon, Scottsdale, Arizona, for the purchase of tasers for the Lake County Sheriff’s Office in the total amount of $552,369.20.
• Type: resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/23/2023
• In control: Law & Judicial Committee
• Final action: 2/21/2023
• Title: Joint resolution authorizing a five-year contract with Axon, Scottsdale, Arizona, for the purchase of tasers for the Lake County Sheriff's Office in the total amount of $552,369.20.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/21/2023	1	Lake County Board	adopted	Pass
2/9/2023	1	Financial & Administrative Committee	recommended for adoption to the regular agenda	Pass
2/7/2023	1	Law & Judicial Committee	approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee	Pass
2/2/2023	1	Financial & Administrative Committee	postponed	Pass
1/31/2023	1	Law & Judicial Committee	approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee
1/31/2023	1	Law & Judicial Committee	postponed	Pass

Title
Joint resolution authorizing a five-year contract with Axon, Scottsdale, Arizona, for the purchase of tasers for the Lake County Sheriff's Office in the total amount of $552,369.20.

Staff Summary
* The X26 tasers used by court and corrections officers will no longer be supported by Axon beginning March 2023. Axon has proposed a complete switch out of non-supported equipment and hosted digital media evidence for 150 tasers for five years.
* The X27 tasers included in this proposal are covered under a five-year warranty and includes instructor training, rechargeable batteries, duty and training cartridges, docking stations, and auto-download data similarly to the body-worn cameras.
* The Sheriff's Office has separate contracts with Axon for body-worn cameras for the law enforcement division, corrections division, and for 150 in car cameras. These contracts all use Evidence.com and each user has a unique log-in. With this purchase, the Sheriff's Office will have one platform and service provider going forward for body-worn cameras, T27 tasers, and in-car camera solutions.
* Pursuant to Section 33.115 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Joint Purchasing Authorized, 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 into between the participants.
* The Lake County Sheriff's Office identified a joint purchasing contract with Axon through Sourcewell to procure tasers and the cloud-based solution, evidence.com that was competitively solicited and awarded. The final agreement is currently in final legal review and expected to be executed by February 28, 2023. The final award and order of equipment is contingent on receipt of a fully executed contract.
* The contract provides for new Axon tasers and hosting maintenance for the cloud enabled software in the estimated annual amount of $100,729.46 for the two through five o...