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PROPOSED CONTRACT (TECHNOLOGY)
Department(s): Bureau of Technology
Vendor: Meade, Inc., McCook, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Fiber Optic Network Construction Services
Contract Value: $278,462.00
Contract period: 6/1/2015 - 5/31/2017 with one (1) one-year renewal option
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2015 $278,462.00
Accounts: 1500909498-579
Contract Number(s): 1514-14588
Concurrence(s):
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The Bureau of Technology respectfully requests that this Board authorize construction contract number 1514-14588. Phase V is the fifth of six planned broadband construction projects that constitute the infrastructure component of the County's Wide Area Network ("WAN") and Broadband Expansion initiative.
Phase V construction plans call for the installation of new fiber optic cable from the Chicago Transit Authority ("CTA") Green Line 35th Street Station communications room to the existing 31st Street Illinois Century Network ("ICN") facility, which will provide connectivity to the Oak Forest Hospital and Markham Courthouse locations on the County's 10G Broadband network. This contract was awarded through the use of a Comparable Government Procurement agreement through a State of Illinois contract pursuant to Section 34-140 of the Cook County Procurement Code.
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