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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Department of Facilities Management, Department of Corrections and Department of Transportation and Highways
Vendor: Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, Bonita Springs, Florida
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Equipment rental and associated services
Original Contract Period: 1/15/2014 - 1/14/2015
Proposed Contract Period Extension: N/A
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $366,000.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 1/15/2014, $150,000.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): 1/21/2015, $216,000.00, 1/15/2015 - 1/14/2016
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: $281,200.00
Potential Fiscal Impact:
FY2015: 200-638 - $175,000
FY2016: 200-638 - $15,000; 500-638 - $50,000; 499-444 - $41,200
Accounts: 499-444, 200-638, 500-638
Contract Number(s): 1330-13054
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: This increase will enable the Department of Facilities Management, Department of Corrections and Department of Transportation and Highways to continue operations by providing, on a limited basis, rental options to support a shortage of industrial equipment and aging fleet.
This is a Comparable Government Procurement pursuant to Section 34-140 of the Cook County Procurement Code. Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation was previously awarded a contract through a Request for Proposals (RFP) process through U.S. Communities, a national government purchasing cooperative sponsored by the National Association of Counties (NACO) and the National Institute of Government Purchasing (NIGP), and in cooperation with North Carolina University.
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