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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Cook County Assessor’s Office
Vendor: Accredited Chicago Newspapers, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): State Mandated Publications
Contract Value: $1,135,337.00
Contract period: 12/1/2025 - 11/30/2028
Contract Utilization: The contract Specific goal set on this Contract is Zero.
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY2026 $63,576.00; FY2027 $1,000,871.00; FY2028 $70,890.00
Accounts: 11000.1040.10155.520610
Contract Number(s): 2519-08040
Summary: The Cook County Assessor’s Office requests authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute a contract with Accredited Chicago Newspapers for State Mandated Publications. This contract will continue to satisfy the Cook County Assessor’s Office ability to fulfill its statutory obligation under 35 ILCS 200/12-20 and 715 ILCS 10/1 which require assessments to be published in neighborhood papers for Cook County townships within the City of Chicago. Accredited Chicago Newspapers is the only vendor that can perform this service because they are the only vendor to publish the assessment list for each township in the City of Chicago under one umbrella.
This is a Sole Source procurement pursuant to Section 34-139 of the Cook County Procurement Code.
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