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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT (TECHNOLOGY)
Department(s): Bureau of Technology
Vendor: American Messaging Services, LLC, Lewisville, Texas
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renewd contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Paging and critical messaging services for Cook County users
Original Contract Period: 12/1/2014 - 11/30/2017 with two (2) one (1) one-year renewal options
Proposed Contract Extension Period: 12/1/2018 - 11/30/2019
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $1,532,115.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 11/19/2014, $1,532,115.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 05/17/2017, 12/1/2017 - 11/30/2018
This Increase Requested: n/a
Potential Fiscal Impact: n/a
Accounts: 11000.1490.10155.520155
Contract Number(s): 1488-14030
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via full MBE and WBE waiver with indirect participation.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
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Summary: This second of two (2) one-year renewal options will allow American Messaging Services, LLC. to provides paging and critical messaging services for Cook County users, the majority of which are employed by the Health and Hospitals system. This renewal option will allow the County to continue receiving services while the Bureau of Technology completes an ongoing RFP process. This contract is a Comparable Procurement pursuant to Section 34.140 of the Procurement Code. American Messaging was previously awarded a contract with the City of Chicago through a Request for Proposal (RFP) process.
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