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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Cook County State's Attorney's Office
Vendor: Appriss, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Victim Notification Service
Contract Value: $811,000.00
Contract period: 12/1/2014 - 11/30/2017
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2015 $287,000.00, FY 2016 $262,000.00, FY 2017 $262,000.00
Accounts: 250-441
Contract Number(s): 1585-14254
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: Appriss, Inc. handles the Victim Information Notification Everyday (VINE) automated victim notification service and provides notifications to Cook County victims of any change in the custodial status of defendants serving time in Cook County Jail or the Illinois Department of Corrections. Appriss, Inc. is contracted with the State of Illinois to provide this service for all other counties in the state. They are uniquely qualified to provide this service to victims of crime. The software they use is a proprietary product and owned exclusively by Appriss, Inc. The software is not sold through a third party and maintenance is only available through Appriss, Inc.
This contract is awarded as a Sole Source procurement pursuant to Section 34-139 of the Cook County Procurement Code.
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