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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): The Cook County Sheriff’s Office
Vendor: Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Helicopter Acquisition
Contract Value: $11,267,183.00
Contract period: 7/1/2024 8/1/2024 - 6/30/2029
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2024 $11,267,183.00
Accounts: 11569.1214.21120.560265
Contract Number(s): 2310-09052
Concurrences:
The Contract specific goal set on this contract is zero.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is requesting authorization for the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute a contract with Bell Textron Inc. to provide a helicopter airframe, required equipment and law-enforcement specific equipment. The helicopter is to be deployed by the Sheriff’s Office for a variety of mission profiles including incident response and situational awareness, emergency response, and search and rescue operations.
The contract was awarded through a publicly advertised Request for Proposals (RFP) in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Bell Textron Inc. was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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