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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Cook County Medical Examiner
Vendor: ANDE Corporation, Longmont, Colorado
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Rapid DNA System
Contract Value: $190,500.00
Contract period: 10/18/2021 - 10/17/2022, with one, one-year renewal option
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2021 $170,500.00, FY 2022 $20,000.00
Accounts: 11900.1259.54023.560185
Contract Number(s): 2101-18684
Concurrences:
The contract-specific goal set on this contract was zero.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The Medical Examiner requests authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute a contract with ANDE Corporation for the purchase of a Rapid DNA system. This contract will assist the Medical Examiner’s Office with identifying unknown decedents. ANDE Corporation is the only vendor that can provide the Rapid DNA system.
This is a sole source procurement pursuant to Section 34-139 of the Cook County Procurement Code.
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