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File #: 08-0829    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Adopted
File created: 5/5/2008 In control: Procurement Committee
On agenda: 5/15/2008 Final action: 5/15/2008
Title: Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with PerkinElmer, Inc. for repair and preventive maintenance for Inductively Coupled Plasma instruments and peripheral accessories at the Egan, Calumet and Stickney WRP Laboratories, in an amount not to exceed $111,064.32, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1240576

TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF MAY 15, 2008

 

COMMITTEE ON PURCHASING

 

Mr. Richard Lanyon, General Superintendent

 

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Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with PerkinElmer, Inc. for repair and preventive maintenance for Inductively Coupled Plasma instruments and peripheral accessories at the Egan, Calumet and Stickney WRP Laboratories, in an amount not to exceed $111,064.32, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1240576

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Dear Sir:

 

Authorization is requested to issue a purchase order (PO) to PerkinElmer, Inc. (PE) for repair and preventive maintenance for Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) instruments and peripheral accessories at the Egan, Calumet and Stickney WRP Laboratories.  This PO will expire on June 30, 2010.

 

PE, the sole-source service provider of repair and preventive maintenance for ICP instruments and peripheral accessories, has submitted prices for the services required.  Inasmuch as PE is the only source of supply for the services required, nothing would be gained by advertising for bids (Section 11.4 of the Purchasing Act).

 

PE is registered and in good standing with the State of Illinois.

 

The Multi-Project Labor Agreement is not applicable due to the specialized nature of the services required.

 

In view of the foregoing, it is requested that the Purchasing Agent be authorized to issue a PO and enter into an agreement with PE, in an amount not to exceed $111,064.32. 

 

Funds for the 2008 expenditure in the amount of $27,766.08 are available in Account 101-16000-612970.  The estimated expenditure for 2009 is $55,532.16 and for 2010 is $27,766.08.  Funds for the 2009 and 2010 expenditures are contingent on the Board of Commissioners’ approval of the District’s budget for those years.

 

Requested, Louis Kollias, Director of Research and Development, LK:WJS:MPC:KB:bk

Recommended, Darlene A. LoCascio, Purchasing Agent

Respectfully Submitted, Barbara J. McGowan, Chairman Committee on Purchasing

ORDERED passed by affirmative roll call vote of a majority of the Commissioners present this May 15, 2008.  Approved, President Terrence J. O’Brien