File #: 23-5080    Version: Name: non-target market labor and employment consultation
Type: Contract Amendment Status: Approved
File created: 9/22/2023 In control: Labor Committee
On agenda: 10/19/2023 Final action: 11/16/2023
Title: PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 23-5080 PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT Department(s): Various Cook County Bureaus, Agencies and Office of the Elected Offices Vendor: Various Law Firms: Franczek P.C., Chicago, Illinois Frank M. Pawlak, P.C. Romeoville, Illinois Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP, Chicago, Illinois Robbins Schwartz, Chicago, Illinois Zuber Lawler LLP, (formerly Zuber Lawler & Del Duca, LLP) Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend and increase contract Good(s) or Service(s): Labor and Employment Consultation and /or Representation Services (Non-Target Markert) for six (6) categories of legal services Category I- Union Contract Negotiations Category II- Collective Bargain Agreement (CBA) Interpretation and Implementation Category III- Labor Relations Board Matters Category IV- Employment Law Category V- Employment Benefits and Pension Category VI- Employment of Foreign Nationals Original Contract Period: 12/1/2019 - 11/30/2021 w...
Indexes: VELISHA HADDOX, Chief, Bureau of Human Resources

title

PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 23-5080

 

PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT

 

Department(s):  Various Cook County Bureaus, Agencies and Office of the Elected Offices

 

Vendor:  Various Law Firms:

Franczek P.C., Chicago, Illinois

Frank M. Pawlak, P.C. Romeoville, Illinois

Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP, Chicago, Illinois

Robbins Schwartz, Chicago, Illinois

Zuber Lawler LLP, (formerly Zuber Lawler & Del Duca, LLP) Chicago, Illinois

 

Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend and increase contract 

 

Good(s) or Service(s):  Labor and Employment Consultation and /or Representation Services (Non-Target Markert) for six (6) categories of legal services 

 

Category I- Union Contract Negotiations

Category II- Collective Bargain Agreement (CBA) Interpretation and Implementation

Category III- Labor Relations Board Matters

Category IV- Employment Law

Category V- Employment Benefits and Pension

Category VI- Employment of Foreign Nationals

 

Original Contract Period: 12/1/2019 - 11/30/2021 with two (2), one-year renewal options

 

Proposed Amendment Type:  Extension and Increase

 

Proposed Contract Period:  Extension period 12/1/2023 - 5/31/2024

 

Total Current Contract Amount Authority:  $4,270,000.00 for program

 

Original Approval (Board or Procurement):  Board, 11/21/2019, $2,600,000.00 for program

 

Increase Requested:  $545,535.00 for program $795,535.00 for program

 

Previous Board Increase(s):  11/4/2021, $1,670,000.00 for program

 

Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A

 

Previous Board Renewals:  11/4/2021, 12/1/2021 - 11/30/2023

 

Previous Chief Procurement Officer Renewals:  N/A

 

Previous Board Extension(s): N/A

 

Previous Chief Procurement Officer Extension(s): N/A

 

Potential Fiscal Impact:  FY 2024:

Bureau of Human Resources: $200,000.00; $450,000.00;

Office of the Chief Judge: $295,535.00;

Clerk of the Circuit Court: $50,000.00

 

Accounts:

1. Bureau of Human Resources:  11000.1490.33910.521045.00000.00000

2. Office of the Chief Judge: 11100.1310.10155.521045.00000.00000

3. Clerk of the Circuit Court: 11000.1335.14915.521045.00000.00000

 

Contract Number(s): 

1944-17731D Franczek, P.C.

1944-17731E Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP

1944-17731F Robbins Schwartz

1944-17731H Frank M. Pawlak, P.C

1944-17731J Zuber Lawler, LLP

 

Concurrences:

The Vendor has met the Minority-and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance Via: Full MWBE Waiver.

 

The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.

 

Summary:  The Bureau of Human Resources is requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend these contracts and increase program funding for the pre-qualified pool of firms above for six (6) additional months, to provide the OCPO’s office with sufficient time to solicit and secure new contracts for these services.

 

These firms have elected to remain in the pool of qualified firms to provide legal consultation and representation services for various County bureaus, agencies, and offices of elected officials on labor and employment matters.

 

Contracts for this program were awarded through Request for Qualification (RFQ) procedures in accordance with Cook County Procurement Code.  Various vendors were selected based on established evaluation criteria.

end

 

end