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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
Sponsored by: BRIDGET DEGNEN, KEVIN B. MORRISON, FRANK J. AGUILAR, ALMA E. ANAYA, BRIDGET GAINER, BILL LOWRY, DR. KISHA E. MCCASKILL, DONNA MILLER, STANLEY MOORE, JOSINA MORITA, MICHAEL SCOTT JR., TARA S. STAMPS, MAGGIE TREVOR and JESSICA V?SQUEZ, Cook County Board of Commissioners
PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
PROCUREMENT AMENDMENT
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that CHAPTER 34, FINANCE, ARTICLE IV, PROCUREMENT CODE, DIVISION 1, GENERAL PROVISIONS, SECTION 34-123 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 34-123. No power to act for procurements or expenditures of $200,000.00 or more.
The CPO shall have the authority to approve Procurements, execute Contracts and execute Contract amendments up to an amount less than $200,000.00 without Board approval; provided, however, that Board approval shall be required for any Procurement of the same or similar supplies, goods, equipment or services which would result in the aggregate amount of such Procurements from the same vendor by the same Using Agency equaling or exceeding $200,000.00 in any fiscal year. Notwithstanding, the CPO shall have the authority to execute (1) extension or renewal options on Contracts approved by the Board; provided, that any such extension or renewal does not extend the Contract by more than one year, and the extension or renewal option does not increase the original amount of such Contract by more than $200,000.00 however, if the total of such extension or renewal option increases the original amount of such Contract by more than $200,000.00, the amount and term of the Contract extension or renewal option must have been included in the Contract approved by the Board and (2) Contract amendments on Contracts approved by the Board; provided, however, that the total of such amendments does not increase the original amount of such Contract by more than $200,000.00 during the term of the Contract. The "amount...
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