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PROPOSED CONTRACT (TECHNOLOGY)
Department(s): Bureau of Technology
Vendor: Meade, Inc., McCook, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Broadband construction and installation services, Phase VI
Contract Value: $493,879.00
Contract period: 7/1/2016 - 6/30/2018, with one (1) one (1)-year renewal option
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2016 $493,879.00
Accounts: 1500909498-570
Contract Number(s): 1618-15342
Concurrence(s):
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The Bureau of Technology respectfully requests that this Board authorize construction contract number 1618-15342. Phase VI is the sixth and final phase of a planned broadband construction project that constitutes the infrastructure component of the County’s Wide Area Network (“WAN”) and Broadband Expansion initiative.
Phase VI plans call for the installation of new fiber optic cable from the CTA Blue Line Forest Park Station communications room to the Maywood Courthouse Sheriff's Police Dept. data room in order to provide connectivity to Cook County's 10G Broadband network. Under the contract, Meade, Inc. will also provide for emergency repair and restoration for County owned Broadband fiber optic cables.
This is a Comparable Procurement pursuant to Section 34-140 of the Cook County Procurement Code. The vendor was previously awarded a contract by the State of Illinois through a competitive bid process. Cook County wishes to leverage this procurement effort.
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