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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Cook County Clerk
Vendor: Clarity Partners, LLC, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to increase and renew contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Integrated Cashiering, Accounting, and Enterprise Content Management Solution
Original Contract Period: 8/1/2018 - 7/31/2023, with five (5), one-year renewal options
Proposed Amendment Type: Increase and Renewal
Proposed Contract Period: 8/1/2025 - 7/31/2026
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $6,303,222.33
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): Board 9/12/2018, $5,166,222.33
Increase Requested: $500,000.00
Previous Board Increase(s): $900,000.00, 11/16/2023; $237,000.00, 4/15/2021
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A
Previous Board Renewals: 7/25/2024 (8/1/2024 - 7/31/2025)
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Renewals: 9/6/2023 (8/1/2023 - 7/31/2024)
Previous Board Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Extension(s): N/A
Contract Utilization: The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via: Direct participation. The prime vendor is a certified MBE.
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY2025 $300,000.00; FY2026 $200,000.00
Accounts: 11569.1110.21120.560227
Contract Number(s): 1790-16747
Summary: The Cook County Clerk's Office is requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase this contract to continue to cover the expanded set of services that the Clerk's office now requires from Clarity LLC services. This increase is to cover the completion of the Cashiering project implementation services including the launch of (iASWorld) as well as the implementation of the new accounting system to replace the legendary Great Plains application.
This contract was awarded through a Request for Proposals (RFP) process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Clarity Partners, LLC was selected based on establi...
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