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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Environmental Control
Vendor: Met One Instruments, Inc. Grants Pass, Oregon
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): PM 2.5 Continuous Air Monitors
Contract Value: $162,487.25
Contract period: 6/15/2015 - 6/14/2017, with one (1), one (1) year renewal option
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: $162,487.25
Accounts: 1516109068-540, $160,000.00; 748-360, $2,487.25
Contract Number(s): 1515-14998
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Business Enterprise Ordinance via full MWBE waiver granted.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: Under a USEPA program for monitoring the nation’s air, Illinois EPA provides funds to the Department of Environmental Control (CCDEC) to monitor air for Particulate Matter smaller than 2.5 micrometer in diameter (PM2.5) in Cook County. The CCDEC is responsible for monitoring air for PM2.5 at four locations on a continuous basis. The data generated at these locations are electronically provided to Illinois EPA and finally to a USEPA operated nationwide database for air pollutants.
CCDEC must have functioning air monitoring equipment to satisfy its grant requirements. The current equipment at these locations have been operational for 10 years or longer. CCDEC operators are spending an increasing amount of time towards maintenance and repair of these instruments. The equipment needs to be replaced with equipment that meets USEPA requirements as specified in the Federal register.
Competitive bidding procedures were followed in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Bids were solicited for continuous air monitors to replace current equipment. Met One Instruments, Inc. was the lowest, responsive and responsible bidder.
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