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Authorizing Purchase of Audio-Visual Equipment and Supplies from Conference Technologies Inc. dba CTI
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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. 24-245 the County of Kane has previously entered into a Master Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Agreement (“MICPA”) with TIPS, 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 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 Information Technologies Department desires to utilize, through the TIPS MICPA, Audio Visual Equipment and Supplies, public purchasing contract (Contract No. 230901) to purchase Audio Visual Equipment and Supplies therefore from Conference Technologies Inc. dba CTI; and
WHEREAS, the term of TIP’s Conference Technologies Inc. dba CTI contract No. 230901 is through November 30, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the County has in the past successfully utilized TIP’s public purchasing contracts to the satisfaction of the County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that the Kane County Information Technologies Department is hereby authorized to purchase Audio Visual Equipment and Supplies through TIP’s Contract No. 230901 from Conference Technologies Inc. dba CTI for a not to exceed amount of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) per fiscal year.
Line Item: 500.800.801.70000, 355.800.66834.70000, 355.800.000.85000, Various
Line Item Description: Capital Computers, ARPA Public Health-Effective Service Delivery, ARPA Allowance for Unbudgeted Expenses, 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 August 13, 2024.
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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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