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Resolution authorizing a contract with The Salem Group, Deerfield, Illinois for Temporary Employee Services for Lake County for a two (2) year period plus renewals in the estimated annual amount of $137,000.
Staff Summary
· Requests for proposals for Temporary Employee Services for Lake County were extended to forty-one (41) vendors, sealed proposals were received from ten (10) vendors, and interviews were held with the top three (3) firms.
· Based on the criteria set forth in the Request for Proposals, the Evaluation Committee selected The Salem Group of Deerfield, IL as the most favorable proposal for Lake County.
· This contract will cost the County an estimated annual amount of $137,000 charged to various Lake County accounts.
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WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 5-102 of the Lake County Purchasing
Ordinance, proposals were called for by publication for Temporary Employee Services for Lake County; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to said publication, requests for proposals were extended to forty-one (41) vendors; and
WHEREAS, sealed proposals were received from ten (10) vendors and opened in the County Building, Waukegan, Illinois, on July 21, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.; and
WHEREAS, an ad hoc evaluation committee held interviews with the top three (3) firms; and
WHEREAS, based on the criteria set forth in the Request for Proposals, the Evaluation Committee selected The Salem Group of Deerfield, IL as the most favorable proposal for Lake County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that that the Purchasing Agent is authorized to enter into a contract with The Salem Group, Deerfield, Illinois for Temporary Employee Services for Lake County for a two (2) year period plus renewals in the estimated annual amount of $137,000 charged to various Lake County Accounts.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on this 16th day of November, A.D., 2010.