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PROPOSED CONTRACT (TECHNOLOGY)
Department(s): County Clerk
Vendor: Catalyst Consulting Group, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Service, Maintenance and Hosting of County Clerk Website Applications
Contract Value: $692,520.00
Contract period: 3/9/2016 - 3/8/2018 with one (1) one-year renewal option
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2016 $357,160.00, FY 2017 $290,360.00, FY 2017: $45,000.00
Accounts: 524-260
Contract Number(s): 1684-15146
Concurrence(s):
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs
The Bureau of Technology Concurs
Summary: The Clerk’s Office is requesting to award a sole source contract with Catalyst Consulting Group, Inc. (Catalyst) for the hosting of web servers and providing continued support and maintenance of proprietary applications developed by Catalyst. As the provider of the Clerk’s website since 2009, Catalyst has developed nearly twenty (20) applications to help the Clerk’s office better serve the public.
Catalyst was originally awarded the contract through a Request for Proposals process conducted by the Clerk’s Office in 2008 and a sole source contract was completed in 2013 for continued service.
This is a Sole Source Contract pursuant to Section 34-139 of the Cook County Procurement Code.
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