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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Cook County Medical Examiner
Vendor: Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings/Lab Corp. Elmhurst, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Post Mortem Samples Testing
Original Contract Period: 10/15/2014 - 10/14/2016, with two (2) one-year renewal options
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 10/15/2017 - 10/14/2018
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $142,127.83
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 10/3/2014, $93,127.83
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 4/18/2017, 10/15/2016 - 10/14/2017, $49,000.00
This Increase Requested: $100,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2017 $58,000.00, FY 2018 $42,000.00
Accounts: 259-278
Contract Number(s): 1481-13509
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via full MWBE waiver.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: This increase and second of two (2) one-year renewal options will provide the Office of the Medical Examiner with post mortem samples testing. These services will assist the Office of the Medical Examiner in determining manner and cause of death for the decedents of Cook County.
This contract was awarded through the competitive bidding process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings/Lab Corp was the lowest, responsive, and responsible bidder.
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