Title
Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Black & Veatch, Overland Park, Kansas, for engineering services for wastewater reclamation facilities.
Staff Summary
• Lake County Public Works (LCPW) is seeking water reclamation facilities master planning for capital planning, risk assessments, design of facility improvements, consulting, oversight of construction, operational optimization studies, and operational staffing evaluations.
• 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 $1,000,000 for a given fiscal 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 Lake County Purchasing Division received Statements of Interest from seven professional firms in response to the issued Statement of Interest #23173.
• In accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, five consultants were selected for contract agreements and are recommended, one of which is Black & Veatch, Overland Park, Kansas.
• The ongoing LCPW Capital Improvement Program includes an annual budget for this service.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Purchasing Division received Statements of Interest from seven professional firms in response to issued Statement of Interest #23173; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, five consultants were selected for contract agreements and recommended for selection, one of which is Black & Veatch, Overland Park, Kansas; and
WHEREAS, the contract with Black & Veatch, provides that the consultant will provide water reclamation facilities master planning for capital planning, risk assessments, design of facility improvements, consulting, oversight of construction, operational optimization studies, and operational staffing evaluations; 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 maximum cumulative value of task orders issued is $1,000,000 for a given fiscal year.
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 Black & Veatch, Overland Park, Kansas, in the amount of $1,000,000, for water reclamation facilities services budgeted as part of the ongoing Lake County Public Works Capital Improvement Program.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on March 12, 2024.