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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Office of the Chief Procurement Officer
Vendor: The Public Group, LLC, Provo, Utah
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): On-line Public Auction Services
Contract Value: None, Revenue Generating
Contract period: 10/15/2017 - 10/14/2020
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: None, Revenue Generating
Accounts: N/A
Contract Number(s): 1625-15738
Concurrences:
The contract-specific goal set on this contract was zero.
The chief Procurement Officer concurs.
The Bureau of Technology concurs
Summary: Section 34-125(j) of the Cook County Procurement Code provides that the Chief Procurement Officer facilitate the sale of surplus property. The Public Group LLC, provides a public web-based, online auction system which will enable the County to manage the sale of its surplus items, including but not limited to vehicles. This is a revenue generating contract, projected to return approximately $160,000.00 to Cook County per year during the life of the contract.
This is a Comparable Government Procurement pursuant to Section 34-140 of the Procurement Code. The Public Group, LLC was previously awarded a contract by the City of Tucson, Arizona through a competitive Request for Proposal process. Cook County wishes to leverage this procurement effort.
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