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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Office of the Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County
Vendor: Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities, Inc. (TASC), Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Professional Services
Contract Value: $541,330.00
Contract period: 5/1/2014 - 4/30/2017 with two (2) one (1) year options to renew
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact:FY 2014: $105,260.00, FY 2015: $180,443.00, FY 2016: $180,443.00, FY 2017: $75,184.00
Accounts: 326-298 (3260767 - 521320) Special or Cooperative Programs
Contract Number(s): 1323-12649
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs
Summary: Services are provided under Contract 09-41-269, scheduled to expire on 4/30/2014. In 2013, the Chief Procurement Officer issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for these services for the Juvenile Probation and Court Services Department. The RFP procedures were followed in accordance with Cook County's Procurement Code. TASC was the sole responder to the RFP and is recommended for the contract based on its qualifications and extensive experience providing such services to the Circuit Court under the current contract. In FY2013, TASC provided services to 1,473 court-involved youth.
TASC currently performs initial screenings, assessments, diagnostic services, substance abuse testing and chain of custody monitoring and support services for delinquent minors under the supervision of the Circuit Court's Juvenile Probation and Court Services Department. These are minors who have been identified in one of the following three service tracks: 1) minors under general supervision; 2) nonviolent minors participating in the Circuit Court's Drug Treatment Program who reside in and around the Austin and Lawndale communities in Chicago; and 3) minors referred to the Circu...
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