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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Department of Capital Planning and Policy
Vendor: Facility Optimization Solutions LLC, Buffalo, New York
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Job Order Contracting (JOC) Consulting Services
Contract Value: $5,831,500.00
Contract period: 11/1/2025 - 10/31/2028 with two (2) one-year renewal options.
Contract Utilization: The Vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via: Direct Participation.
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2026 $1,831,500.00, FY 2027 $2,000,000.00, FY 2028 $2,000,000.00
Accounts:
11569.1031.11190.560105.00000.00000
11569.1031.11190.560107.00000.00000
Capital Improvement Program
Contract Number(s): 2416-02094
Summary: Facility Optimization Solutions LLC (FOS), as Administrator, will provide management services for the Job Order Contracting (JOC) Program. The JOC program provides an alternate procurement method that enables the County to rapidly engage multiple capital construction projects simultaneously. The JOC Program consists of the JOC administrator and JOC Construction Contractors.
The vendor’s fee for the services provided is assessed as a percentage of the value of construction procured by the County through the JOC program. The County is under no obligation to expend any monies under this contract and is only obligated to pay the vendor’s fee when construction work is procured through the JOC program.
This contract was awarded through a publicly advertised Request for Proposals process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Facility Optimization Solutions, LLC was awarded the contract based on established evaluation criteria.
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