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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Capital Planning and Policy
Vendor: Guidepost Solutions LLC, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Assessment Services
Contract Value: $894,912.38
Contract period: 10/24/2018-10/23/2020
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2019 $760,675.52 FY 2020 $134,236.86
Accounts: Capital Improvement Program-580
Contract Number(s): 1723-17036
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority-and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation and a partial MWBE waiver.
The Interim Chief Procurement Officer Concurs.
Summary: This contract provides for threat assessment to ten Cook County courthouses. The consultant will also be developing detailed site-specific recommendations for security upgrades for each courthouse. This project is funded through the Urban Areas Security Initiative (“UASI”), a federal grant to the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
This contract was awarded through a competitive Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Guidepost Solutions LLC was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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