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CONTRACT AMENDMENT (TECHNOLOGY)
Department(s): Cook County Public Defender’s Office
Vendor: Journal Technologies, Inc., Los Angeles, California
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Public Defender Business Process Reengineering & Case Management System Implementation
Original Contract Period: 10/21/2015-10/20/2021, with two (2), one-year renewal options
Proposed Amendment Type: Extension and Increase
Proposed Contract Period: Extension period, 10/21/2026-10/20/2028
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $4,300,650.30
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): Board, 10/7/2015, $2,326,425.00
Increase Requested: $1,004,022.22
Previous Board Increase(s): 10/7/2021, $330,000.00; 9/22/2022, $342,652.96; 9/21/2023, $1,301,572.34
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A
Previous Board Renewals: 10/7/2021, (10/21/2021-10/20/2022); 9/22/2022, (10/21/2022-10/20/2023)
Previous Chief Procurement Office Renewals: N/A
Previous Board Extension(s): 9/21/2023, (10/21/2023-10/20/2026)
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Extension(s): N/A
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2026 $71,116.82, FY 2027 $502,001.11, FY 2028 $430,884.29
Accounts: 11100.1260.10155.540135
Contract Number(s): 1418-13332
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.
The Chief Information Officer has reviewed this item and concurs with this recommendation.
Summary: The Public Defender’s Office is requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend and increase this contract with Journal Technologies, Inc. to continue to receive maintenance and support for our case management system, eDefender.
This contract was awarded through Request for Proposals (RFP) procedures in accordance with Cook County Procurement Code. Journal Technologies, Inc. was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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