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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Cook County Clerk
Vendor: Pickens-Kane, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Moving Services for Elections Equipment and Materials
Contract Value: $2,364,845.00
Contract period: 12/1/2013 - 11/30/2015
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2014: $1,473,614.00, FY 2015: $891,231.00
Accounts: 524-430
Contract Number(s): 1335-12863
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Office of the Chief Procurement Officer concurs
Summary: A Request for Proposal (RFP) was issued for Moving Services for Elections Equipment and Materials. An RFP process was followed in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Pickens-Kane offers is recommended for the award.
Pickens-Kane was the sole proposer. After review, it was determined that Pickens has met the qualifications and has experience to perform the services as requested. Pickens-Kane has demonstrated the technical skills to perform the complicated logistical requirements of moving secure voting equipment, E-pollbooks and supplies to 50 early voting sites, 1673 precincts, 175 nursing homes, 19 Remote Distribution Centers, and various Election Judge training sites. Including the addition of E-pollbooks, the overall cost of the Clerk's Office Election Equipment Moving contract has decreased by 12% over the last comparable election cycle.
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