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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Office of the Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County
Vendor: Center for Divorce Education, Athens, Ohio
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Online Parenting Education
Original Contract Period: 2/1/2018 - 1/31/2021, with two (2), one (1) year renewal options
Proposed Amendment Type: Renewal
Proposed Contract Period: Renewal period 2/1/2021 - 1/31/2022
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $0
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): Board, 1/17/2018, $0, OCJ is reimbursed twenty (20%) of the collected course fees from the vendor (Revenue Generating Contract)
Increase Requested: N/A
Previous Board Increase(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A
Previous Board Renewals: N/A
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 2021 $0, costs paid by program participants
Accounts: N/A
Contract Number(s): 1753-16211
Concurrences:
The contract-specific goal set on this contract was zero.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The Center for Divorce Education (CDE) operates an online parenting education program for litigants appearing in the Circuit Court of Cook County’s Domestic Relations Division, pursuant to section 404.1 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act and Illinois Supreme Court Rule 924. CDE was awarded a three-year contract to operate the “Children In Between Online” program by Cook County in 2012. The Court requests to execute the first of two (2) one-year renewal options available in the contract.
There is no cost to Cook County for providing these services. The costs of classes are paid by the program participants at a rate of $50 per class, unless the fee is waived pursuant to a court order. Cook County receives twenty percent of fee collections as a reimbursement for program costs, estimated at $40,000 per year.
Request for Proposals (RFP) procedures were followed in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. CDE was recommended based on established evaluation criteria.
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