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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Cook County Assessor's Office and Cook County Clerk's Office
Vendor: Cook County Suburban Publishers, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): State Mandated Publications
Contract Value: $2,228,628.27
Contract period: 12/1/2025 - 11/30/2028
Contract Utilization: The Contract specific goal set on this Contract is Zero.
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY2026 $999,040.35; FY2027 $233,698.40; FY2028 $995,889.52; Grand Total = $2,228,628.27
Assessor: FY2026 $665,534.35; FY2027 $114,800.40; FY2028 $628,626.52; Total = $1,408,961.27
County Clerk: FY2026 $333,506; FY2027 $118,898; FY2028 $367,263; Total = $819,667.00
Accounts: Assessor 11000.1040.10155.520610; Clerk 11306.1110.35165.520610
Contract Number(s): 2502-07032
Summary: The Cook County Assessor's Office and Cook County Clerk's Office requests authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute a contract with Cook County Suburban Publishers.
This contract will allow the Cook County Assessor's Office to continue to satisfy the statutory requirements set forth in 35 ILCS 200/12-20 and 715 ILCS 10/1, which require real estate assessments to be published at the same time for the North and South suburban townships. Cook County Suburban Publishers can publish the North and South suburban townships under one umbrella.
This contract will also allow the Cook County Clerk's Office to continue to satisfy the statutory requirements set forth in Article 12 of the Election Code, 10 ILCS 5/12-1 et. seq. which requires the Cook County Clerk's Office to place notices in a minimum of two newspapers for each suburban municipality in the election jurisdiction on the same day and for the same duration of time. If multiple vendors are involved, there could be a scenario where some newspapers in certain municipalities have different publication dates....
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