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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Department of Revenue
Vendor: Kforce, Inc., Tampa, Florida
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Temporary Staffing Service
Original Contract Period: 2/16/2015 - 2/15/2016, with two (2), one (1) year renewal options
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 2/16/2017 - 2/15/2018
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $105,952.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 2/26/2015, $62,062.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 4/27/2016, $43,890.00, 2/16/2016 - 2/15/2017
This Increase Requested: $76,252.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2017 $62,400, FY 2018 $13,852.00
Accounts: 007 - 260 Professional Services
Contract Number(s): 1453-14061
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via full MWBE waiver.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: This second of two (2), one (1) year renewal options will allow the first time implementation of the Cook County Sweetened Beverage Tax Ordinance which was approved by the Board of Commissioners November 2016. Due to the high volume of notifications that must be mailed, DOR is requesting temporary assistance with the initial paper based and manual first year implementation of the Sweetened Beverage Tax, including the administration of the one-time floor tax return for inventory on hand, which will involve outreach to over 70,000 businesses. In addition, the temporary staff will assist with the increased call volume from taxpayers and return processing until the implementation of the modernized Integrated Tax Processing System. The use of temporary staff for these more administrative duties will allow the current compliance staff to focus on their revenue generating enforcement tasks.
This contract was awarded as a Comparable Government ...
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