April 5, 2019

Q. Do you require both Live and Online auction or will Online only be considered? Lake County is requesting commission fees for both Live and Online. 

A. The County reserves the right to award the contract in whole or in part.  Vendors may submit for one or both.

Q. Is a reserve amount required or will you consider no-reserve auctions?

A. Reserve amounts are not required but may be employed depending on the good or equipment sold.

April 8, 2019

Page 11 of the RFP Section 3 under Background revenue received chart was revised:

Below is a summary of total revenue received from auction sales in the past two (2) years:

LIVE AUCTION:
                                                 2017                             2018
Lake County Government        $134,306.36                 $166,212.05
Lake County Forest Preserve   $147,192.71                $245,283.15

ONLINE:
                                                 2017                             2018
Lake County Government        $67,229.19                   $235,109.02
Lake County Forest Preserve  $3,389.19                     $6,575.24

April 10, 2019

~~Addendum #3

1. Will the County accept alternative or modified solutions to the Scope of Work via exceptions and still be considered responsive? Please reference section G. Exceptions to the RFP found on page 16.
2. Will the County consider vehicle auctions via a program where the public can use a registered broker to purchase? Please reference Section G. Exceptions to the RFP found on page 16.
a. Or, do the auctions have to be directly to the public?
3. What is the address where vehicles and equipment will be expected to be hauled away from to the contractor’s facility? Here are the main locations:
Belvidere Health Center              DOT
2400 Belvidere Road          &       600 W Winchester Road
Waukegan, IL 60085                     Libertyville, IL 60048
4. Our IL locations do not take credit cards. Payment is made via wire transfer or other more secured payment method than credit cards. Will this exception be acceptable to the County? Please reference section G. Exceptions to the RFP found on page 16.
5. Section B.2.vi – Providing information of winning bidders. This information is proprietary and not given out to our clients unless it’s a part of some official legal process such as a subpoena.
a. Will this exception be acceptable to the County? The County request this information for clarification purposes.
6. Will the County provide the titles of the vehicles and equipment to the contractor prior to the auction to ensure a smooth process? For Live Auctions the titles to vehicles and equipment will be provided before scheduled event.  For Online Auctions the title to vehicles and equipment is typically released after payment is received.
7. If a vendor does not auction a type of assets listed in the Scope of Work can that be excluded per an exception? Please reference Section G. Exceptions to the RFP found on page 16.
8. Will the County consider multiple vendors with different levels of service for the various types of assets? The County reserves the right to award the contract in whole or in part.
9. If a vendor only provides online auction solutions, will the still be considered responsive? Lake County is requesting commission fees for both Live and Online.  The County reserves the right to award the contract in whole or in part.  Vendors may submit for one or both.
10. How is the County currently disposing of assets? The County currently uses an Auctioneer Service.
11. Who is the current vendor? Obenauf Auctioneer Services.
12. What was the volume of vehicle assets for the past three years?
a. 2016 = 97
b. 2017 = 78
c. 2018 = 79
13. Are vendors required to submit page two (2) of the RFP. Please refer to page two(2) of the RFP document.

April 15, 2019

~~Q. If we are going to submit online only option do you have/want a different/separate response to the RFP for that? How do we address the live auction section such as line items line 7-11 then? 
A. Please reference section G. Exceptions to the RFP found on pages 2 and 16.

Q. In the Online auctions is there an option for staff to take pictures and post the text?
A. Please reference section B. Online Auctions #2.

Q. Can we also submit if they are going to use credit cards there is a separate fee paid by them for that? This way people paying cash or certified funds wont have to pay that fee.
A. Please reference section G. Exceptions to the RFP found on pages 2 and 16.

Q. Are vendors required to submit page two (2) of the RFP.
A. Please refer to page two (2) of the RFP document.