File #: 19-5582    Version: 1 Name: Clarity Partners, LLC, Chicago, Illinois
Type: Contract Amendment Status: Approved
File created: 9/12/2019 In control: Technology and Innovation Committee
On agenda: 9/26/2019 Final action: 10/24/2019
Title: PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT (TECHNOLOGY) Department(s): Bureau of Technology Vendor: Clarity Partners, LLC, Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract Good(s) or Service(s): Website Implementation, Branding and Governance Original Contract Period: 11/1/2014 - 10/31/2019, with two (2), two (2) year renewal options Proposed Amendment Type: Renewal and Increase Proposed Contract Period: Renewal period 11/1/2019 - 10/31/2021 Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $4,129,297.22 Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 10/08/2014, $1,245,279.33 Increase Requested: $4,702,000.00 Previous Board Increase(s): 4/13/2016, $1,125,338.00; 3/14/2018, $449,990.00; 11/14/2018 $1,173,351.89 Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): 2/26/2016, $135,338.00 Previous Board Renewals: N/A Previous Chief Procurement Officer Renewals: N/A Previous Board Extension(s): N/A Previous Chief Procurement Of...
Indexes: F. THOMAS LYNCH, Chief Information Officer, Bureau of Technology
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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT (TECHNOLOGY)

Department(s): Bureau of Technology

Vendor: Clarity Partners, LLC, Chicago, Illinois

Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract

Good(s) or Service(s): Website Implementation, Branding and Governance

Original Contract Period: 11/1/2014 - 10/31/2019, with two (2), two (2) year renewal options

Proposed Amendment Type: Renewal and Increase

Proposed Contract Period: Renewal period 11/1/2019 - 10/31/2021

Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $4,129,297.22

Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 10/08/2014, $1,245,279.33

Increase Requested: $4,702,000.00

Previous Board Increase(s): 4/13/2016, $1,125,338.00; 3/14/2018, $449,990.00; 11/14/2018 $1,173,351.89

Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): 2/26/2016, $135,338.00

Previous Board Renewals: N/A

Previous Chief Procurement Officer Renewals: N/A

Previous Board Extension(s): N/A

Previous Chief Procurement Officer Extentiosn(s): N/A

Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2019 - FY 2020 $2,630,000.00, FY 2020 - FY 2021 $2,072,000.00

Accounts: Various Accounts

Contract Number(s): 1390-13069

Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation.

The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.

Summary: The Bureau of Technology is requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to execute a two-year renewal for webhosting services with Clarity Partners. These web hosting and support services include implementation of necessary version updates, website redesigns, security patches, as well as monitoring, break-fix, disaster recovery, and other managed support to keep our sites available and secure. This amendment also includes on-demand services to support development changes needed to multiple sites during this contract period including major redesigns and upgrades of Assessor and County Clerk websites.

The services prov...

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