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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Adult and Juvenile Probation Departments, Circuit Court of Cook County; Cook County Sheriff’s Department
Vendor: Track Group, Inc., Naperville, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Electronic Monitoring Services - Global Positioning System (GPS)
Contract Value: $4,064,311.50
Contract period: 1/28/2019 - 1/27/2022, with two (2), one (1) year renewal options
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact:
Adult Probation Department
FY 2019 $680,725.00, FY 2020 $816,870.00, FY 2021 $816,870.00 and FY 2022 $136,145.00;
Juvenile Probation Department
FY 2019 $310,684.00, FY 2020 $369,380.00, FY 2021 $369,380.00 and FY 2022 $58,696.00;
Sheriff’s Department
FY 2019 $140,430.00, FY 2020 $168,516.00, FY 2021 $168,516.00 and FY 2022 $28,099.50
Accounts: (Adult Probation 1280-540131, Maintenance and Subscription Services); (Juvenile Probation 1326-540130, Maintenance and Subscription Services); (Sheriff’s Department 1239-540130)
Contract Number(s): 1515-15006B
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation and full MBE and partial WBE waiver.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: Track Group, Inc. will provide electronic monitoring and Global Positioning System (GPS) services for the Adult Probation Department, the Juvenile Probation and Court Services Department and the Cook County Sheriff’s Office for youth and adults who are ordered by the court to wear electronic monitoring devices.
Track Group, Inc. will provide GPS monitoring equipment and services for adult probationers and pretrial defendants in order to comply with Public Act 95-0773, also known as the Cindy Bischof Law, which calls for the monitoring of certain domestic violence offenses to be monitored by the Adult Probation Department Home Confinement Unit as a condition of bail or probation. Offenders are ordered to wear a GPS tracking device to help monitor compliance with orders to stay away from the complaining witness, the complaining witness’s home/workplace, or any other protected address specified. There are currently more than 350 adults under GPS monitoring and 110 victims who carry GPS devices to create mobile exclusion zones. Effective January 1, 2015, new legislation (Public Act 98-1012, 725 ILCS 5/110-5) significantly expanded the types of charges required to be considered for GPS monitoring as a condition of bail.
GPS technology is used by the Juvenile Probation and Court Services Department to monitor high-risk minors in home confinement as an alternative to secure detention or as condition of release into the community. These devices are deployed at various points of the judicial process from pre-adjudication through post-dispositional stages of court proceedings.
The contract was awarded through the Request for Proposals (RFP) process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Track Group, Inc. was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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