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Authorizing Purchase of Mailing and Postage Equipment and Technology for the Building Management Department (Contract No.070125-PIT)
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Article VII, Section 10, of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, and the Illinois Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (5 ILCS 220/1, et seq.), the County is authorized to procure goods and services through other governmental entities and agencies, provided various requirements of the Kane County Code are satisfied; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 2, Article VI, Division 3, Section 2-221 of the Kane County Code permits joint purchasing agreements by the County with other units of government when: a) the procurement is made pursuant to a written agreement, b) competitive selection procedures were used, c), the procurement is not employed to circumvent the intent of the County Purchasing Code, and d) the County is authorized pursuant to law or regulation to contract with the cooperating governmental agency; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Kane County Board Resolution No. 22-266 the County of Kane has previously entered into a Master Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Agreement (“MICPA”) with Sourcewell; a cooperative purchasing organization that aggregates the purchasing power of governmental entities nationwide; and
WHEREAS, the MICPA is an intergovernmental agreement between the principal procurement agencies and the County (a participating agency) that permits the County to purchase products and/or services through various existing public purchasing agreements executed by the principal procurement agencies and their contracting third-party businesses; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Building Management Department desires to utilize, through the Sourcewell MICPA, public purchasing contract (Contract No. 070125-PIT) to purchase Mailing and Postage equipment and Technology therefore from Pitney Bowes; and
WHEREAS, the term of Sourcewell’s Pitney Bowes contract (No. 070125-PIT) is through July 30, 2029; and
WHEREAS, the County has in the past successfully utilized Sourcewell public purchasing contracts to the satisfaction of the County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that the Kane County Building Management Department is authorized to enter into a joint purchasing agreement with Sourcewell (under Contract No. 070125) and Pitney Bowes for the purchase of Mailing and Postage Equipment and Technology.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Kane County Building Management Department is hereby authorized to purchase Mailing and Postage Equipment and Technology through Sourcewell’s Pitney Bowes Contract No. 070125-PIT for a sum not-to-exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) per fiscal year.
BE IT ALSO FURTHER RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) is hereby appropriated from Postage #001.800.800.60040 and Various funds to pay for the Building Management Mailing and Postage Equipment and Technology procurement from Pitney Bowes under Contract No. 070125-PIT.
Line Item: 001.800.800.60040, Various
Line Item Description: Postage, Various
Was Personnel/Item/Service approved in original budget or a subsequent budget revision? Yes
Are funds currently available for this Personnel/Item/Service in the specific line item? Yes
If funds are not currently available in the specified line item, where are the funds available? N/A
Passed by the Kane County Board on April 14, 2026.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, JD, JD Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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