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PROPOSED CONTRACT (TECHNOLOGY)
Department(s): Bureau of Technology
Vendor: American Messaging Services, LLC, Lewisville, Texas
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute.
Good(s) or Service(s): Paging and critical messaging services for Cook County users
Contract Value: $1,532,115.00
Contract period: 12/1/2014 - 11/30/2017 with two (2) one (1) one-year renewal options
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2015: $486,000.00; FY 2016: $510,300.00; FY 2017: $535,815.00;
Accounts: 490-220
Contract Number(s): 1488-14030
Concurrence(s):
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs
Summary: Under this contract, American Messaging will provide paging and critical messaging services for Cook County users. Cook County currently has 3,635 pagers with American Messaging, of which 3,038 are used by the Cook County Health and Hospitals System for mass and critical messages. This contract will lock in favorable rates and is expected to result in savings and predictable costs for Cook County. This contract is a Comparable Procurement pursuant to Section 34.140 of the Procurement Code. American Messaging was previously awarded a contract with the City of Chicago through a Request for Proposal (RFP) process. Cook County wishes to leverage this procurement effort.
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