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PROPOSED CONTRACT (TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS)
Department(s): Transportation and Highways
Vendor: Collins Engineers Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute contract.
Good(s) or Service(s): Preliminary Engineering and Environmental (Phase I) Services
Location: Unincorporated Bremen Township
Section: 18-B8026-00-EG
Contract Value: $712,468.00
Contract period: 3/1/2022 - 8/31/2023
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2022 $360,000.00; FY 2023 $352,468.00
Accounts: Rebuild IL Bond Program: 11300.1500.29152.560019
Contract Number(s): 2038-18399A
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The Department of Transportation and Highways respectfully requests approval of the proposed Contract between the County and Collins Engineers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. This contract was awarded through a publicly advertised Request for Qualifications (RFQ) in accordance with Cook County Procurement Code. Collins Engineers, Inc. was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
Under this contract, Collins Engineers, Inc. will prepare a preliminary engineering and environmental (Phase I) study for the removal and replacement of the 143rd Street Bridge over Tinley Creek (SN 016-3069). The improvements will enable the Department to protect the public investment in the highway system and provide a safe and sustainable highway in accordance with the Department’s mission statement. Further, the improvement supports development of the regional economy through improved regional mobility.
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