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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Public Defender
Vendor: Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Office Wide Workload Study and Assessment Tool
Contract Value: $544,897.00
Contract period: 12/1/2025 - 11/30/2026, with one (1), one (1) year renewal option
Contract Utilization: The Contract specific goal set on this contract is zero.
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY2026 $544,897.00
Accounts: 11100.1260.10155.520830 Professional Services
Contract Number(s): 2406-04291
Summary: This contract will allow the Public Defender to do a workload assessment. The Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender is looking to partner with an academic institution or firm that can conduct a workload assessment to inform our budget and staffing needs assessment, as established by the ABA, Rand, and NCSC standards, and develop a data tool to allow for the public defender to do future calculations in-house.
This contract is awarded through a publicly advertised Request for Proposals (RFP) in accordance with Cook County Procurement Code. Rand Corporation was selected based on established evaluation criteria.title