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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
 
Department(s):  Department of Capital Planning and Policy  
 
Vendor:  Carlile Architects/845 Design Group Joint Venture, Manteno, Illinois  
 
Request:  Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend and increase  contract  
 
Good(s) or Service(s):  Professional Architectural and Engineering Services  
 
Original Contract Period:  8/10/2015-3/17/2017  
 
Proposed Contract Period Extension:  3/18/2019-3/17/2020 
 
Total Current Contract Amount Authority:   $512,833.38 
 
Original Approval (Board or Procurement):  7/29/2015, $290,382.70
 
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s):  5/11/2016, $124,845.00; 2/7/2018, $2,599.00, 3/18/2018-3/17/2019 
 
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s):  1/13/2016, $67,240.68, 3/14/2017-4/6/2017; 4/27/2017, $25,167.00, 4/7/2017-3/17/2018; 8/8/2017, $2,599.00
 
This Increase Requested:  $1,258.00 
 
Potential Fiscal Impact:  FY 2019 $1,258.00
 
Accounts:  Capital Improvement Program 
 
Contract Number(s):  1455-14184 
 
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation and partial MWBE waiver.
 
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. 
 
Summary:  This contract provides for the Professional Architectural & Engineering Services for the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center Electronic Medical Records Telecommunications Infrastructure project. This amendment is required to support the construction administration activities related to the installation of telecommunication infrastructure to create a telecommunications backbone system that will allow coordination and communication between three device and software systems, Guardian Handheld Monitoring, Emergency Medical Records, and Resident Information Management System. The installation of the telecommunications infrastructure is in support of the required software under the Transitional Administrator’s Agreed Supplemental Order, Memorandum of Agreement, and Modified Implementation Plan.
 
This amendment provides for cost associated with additional umbrella insurance and time in order for the consultant to facilitate the remaining balance of construction administration work on the project.
 
This contract was awarded through the Request for Qualification (RFQ) procedures in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Carlile Architects/845 Design Group Joint Venture was selected based on established evaluation criteria.  
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