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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): County State’s Attorney’s Office and Various Countywide Agencies
Vendor: West Publishing Corporation d/b/a West, a Thomson Reuters Business, Eagan, Minnesota
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Online Legal Research Services
Original Contract Period: 10/1/2020 - 9/30/2023, with three (3), one (1) year renewal options
Proposed Amendment Type: Extension and increase
Proposed Contract Period: Extension period 10/1/2026 - 3/31/2027
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $3,661,502.60
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): Board 9/24/2020, $1,090,581.72
Increase Requested: $477,109.86
Previous Board Increase(s): 9/21/2023, $675,504.00, 7/25/2024, $830,105.00; 9/18/2025, $916,311.88
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): 6/28/2022, $149,000.00
Previous Board Renewals: 9/21/2023, 10/1/2023-9/30/2024; 7/25/2024, 10/1/2024-9/30/2025; 9/18/2025, 10/1/2025-9/30/2026
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Renewals: N/A
Previous Board Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Extension(s): N/A
Contract Utilization: The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via: Full MWBE waiver.
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2026 $159,036.62, FY 2027 $318,073.24
Accounts: Countywide - various accounts
Contract Number(s): 1944-17732B
Summary: This countywide contract extension will enable Cook County agencies to continue comprehensive web-based, online legal research and related services that are vital to their operations and will provide access to primary and secondary legal documents, public records, criminal records, news sources, financial records, banking records, statutes, rules and regulations, case law and court documents.
This contract was awarded through the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process in accordance with Cook County Procurement Code. Thomson Reuters was selected based upon established evaluation criteria.
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