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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 Notification Services
Contract Value: $262,000.00
Contract period: 11/1/2018 - 10/31/2019 with two (2), one-year renewal options
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2018 $21,833.33 FY 2019 $240,166.67
Accounts: 11100.1250.14245.540137 Maintenance & Repair of Data Equip and Software
Contract Number(s): 1823-17278
Concurrences:
The contract-specific goal set on this contract was zero.
The Interim Chief Procurement Officer concurs
Summary: This contract will allow State’s Attorney’s Office to provide 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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