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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
Vendor: Appriss Inc., Louisville, Kentucky
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Victim Information and Notification Everyday (VINE) Services
Contract Value: $786,000.00
Contract period: 11/1/2021 - 10/31/2024, with two (2), one (1) year renewal options
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2021 $21,833.33, FY 2022 $262,000.00, FY 2023 $262,000.00, FY 2024 $240,166.67
Accounts: 11100.1250.35650.540131.00000.00000
Contract Number(s): 2185-18626
Concurrences:
The contract-specific goal set on this contract was zero.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: This contract will allow the State’s Attorney’s Office to provide essential, automated victim notification services to registered participants. Appriss, Inc. handles the Victim Information Notification Everyday (VINE) automated victim notification service and provides notifications to Cook County victims of any change in the custodial status of defendants serving time in Cook County Jail or the Illinois Department of Corrections. Appriss, Inc. is contracted with the State of Illinois to provide this service for all other counties in the state. They are uniquely qualified to provide this service to victims of crime. The software they use is a proprietary product and owned exclusively by Appriss, Inc. The software is not sold through a third party and maintenance is only available through Appriss, Inc.
This is a Sole Source Procurement pursuant to Section 34-139 of the Cook County Procurement Code.
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