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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Adult Probation and Social Service Departments, Circuit Court of Cook County
Vendor:
Cognitive Behavioral Solutions, Forest Park, Illinois
Center for Contextual Change, Skokie, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Sex offender treatment and counseling services
Original Contract Period: 6/1/2013 - 5/31/2016, with two (2), one (1) year renewal options
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 6/1/2016 - 5/31/2017
Total Current Contract Amount Authority:
Cognitive Behavioral Solutions - $385,000.00
Center for Contextual Change - $140,000.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 5/8/2013 for Cognitive Behavioral Solutions; 5/31/2013 for Center for Contextual Change
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
This Increase Requested:
Cognitive Behavioral Solutions - $220,000.00
Center for Contextual Change - $10,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2016 $110,000.00, FY 2017 $120,000.00, funded with probation fees collected from probationers.
Accounts: 532-260 and 541-260
Contract Number(s):
Cognitive Behavioral Solutions -13-88-080E
Center for Contextual Change - 13-88-080F
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority-and-Women owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via full M/WBE waiver.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: These contracts provide specialized treatment services ordered by the court for adult sex offenders who are supervised by the Adult Probation and Social Service Departments of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Services provided under the contracts include in-depth assessments and individual and weekly group counseling as deemed appropriate, billed to Cook County as prescribed hourly rates. There are more than 300 probationers under court supervision for sex offenses.
These proposed amendments exercise the first year renewal options available in the various contracts. These contracts were awarded through the Request for Proposal (RFP) process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Each contract was awarded based on established evaluation criteria and are part of a service network of seven providers, encompassing all of Cook County, that assist offenders in their own communities.
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