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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Cook County Justice Advisory Council
Vendor: Public Policy Associates, LLC, Lansing, Michigan[WC1]
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Evaluation of the SEED (Supporting Education and Employment Development) diversion program
Contract Value: $203,402.04[WC2]
Contract period: 6/1/2025 - 5/31/2026 with one (1) one-year renewal option
Contract Utilization: The Contract Specific goal set on this contract is Zero.
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY25: $101,701.02, FY26: $101,701.02.
Accounts: 11286.1205.65842.520840[KC(AC3]
Contract Number(s): 2413-02051 [WC4]
Summary: The Justice Advisory Council is requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into a contract with Public Policy Associates to conduct an evaluation of the SEED program, including its efficacy and impact on program participants. The SEED Program is a deferred prosecution, pre-plea diversion program, focused on emerging adults charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance or manufacturing and delivery of a controlled substance. The vendor will work with appropriate members of the criminal legal system stakeholder agencies, service providers, participants (through appropriate avenues that consider the sensitivity and confidentiality of SEED participants),[KC5][KC6] and other relevant stakeholders to conduct the evaluation and provide a final report.
This contract is awarded through Request for Proposals (RFP) procedures in accordance with Cook County Procurement Code. Public Policy Associates was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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I'm not sure who the vendor is. @Ali Abid (Justice Advisory Council) do you have that information?[WC1]
I updated the contract value. @Kathryn Culleeny (Justice Advisory Council) [WC2]
[KC(AC3]If this changes will we have to do an amendment? Is there a world we would put the ot...
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