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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Medical Examiner’s Office
Vendor: Cremation Society of Illinois, Inc., Homewood, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Transportation and Indigent Cremation Services
Contract Value: $325,000.00
Contract period: 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2026 with two (2), two-year renewal options
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2025: $162,500.00; FY 2026: $162,500.00
Accounts: 11100.1259.17140.520470
Contract Number(s): 2457-09120
Concurrences:
The Contract specific goal set on this contract is Zero.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: This contract is to provide transportation and cremation services for indigent decedents under the care of the Medical Examiner’s Office (MEO). The MEO utilizes cremation as approved by County Ordinance. This procedure helps with controlling the decedents in our cooler and not to exceed the ideal number.
The vendor was selected pursuant to a publicly advertised Invitation for Bids (IFB) in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Cremation Society of Illinois, Inc. was the lowest, responsive and responsible bidder.
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