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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Cook County Clerk
Vendor: Dominion Voting Systems, Inc., Denver, Colorado
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Support and Maintenance of Election Ballot and Tally System Software and Parts & Supplies for Voting Equipment
Contract Value: $1,692,500.00
Contract period: 1/15/2014 - 11/30/2015
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2014 $1,132,500.00, FY2015: $560,000.00.
Accounts: 524-260, 524-376
Contract Number(s): 1335-13193
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: In 2006, the Clerk's Office selected Dominion as its vendor to provide HAVA (Help Americans Vote Act) compliant Voting Machines and Software. The software and voting equipment used by the Clerk's Office Election Department is proprietary to Dominion. Therefore, Dominion is needed to provide the software and technical support services including ballot and database preparation, maintenance of equipment, and pre-election and Election Day Technical support. All software and hardware have been certified by the State Board of Elections.
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