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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT (TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS)
Department(s): Transportation and Highways
Vendor: Ciorba Group, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to increase and extend contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Preliminary and Design Engineering Services for Buffalo Grove Road
Location: Village of Arlington Heights, Village of Buffalo Grove, and Village of Wheeling, Illinois
County Board District(s): 14
Original Contract Period: 8/1/2022 - 1/31/2024
Section: 21-W1446-00-PV
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 2/1/2025 - 7/31/2027
Section: N/A
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $726,444.00
Original Board Approval: 7/28/2022, $726,444.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 2/1/2024 - 1/31/2025
This Increase Requested: $1,378,169.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY2025 $600,000.00; FY2026 $600,000.00; FY2027 $178,169.00
Accounts: Rebuild IL Bond Program: 11300.1500.29152.560019
Contract Number(s): 2038-18488A
IDOT Contract Number(s): N/A
Federal Project Number(s): N/A
Federal Job Number(s): N/A
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via: Direct participation.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The Department of Transportation and Highways respectfully requests approval of the proposed Contract Amendment between Cook County and Ciorba Group, Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
This Contract was approved by the Board on July 28, 2022, for a preliminary engineering and environmental (Phase I) study for the reconstruction of Buffalo Grove Road between Hintz Road and Lake Cook Road.
The improvements will enable the Department to protect the public investment in the highway system and provide a safe and sustainable highway in accordance with the Department’s mission statement. Further, the improvement supports development of the regional economy through improved regional mobility.
Under this amendment, the Department is exercising the option to amend the contract to complete detailed design (Phase II) plans and specifications for Buffalo Grove Road from Hintz Road to Lake Cook Road. The time extension and increase is needed to complete these services.
This contract was awarded pursuant to a publicly advertised Invitation for Bids (IFB) in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Ciorba Group, Inc. was the lowest, responsive, and responsible bidder.
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