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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Bureau of Technology
Vendor: System Solutions, Inc. (SSI), Northbrook, Illinois.
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to increase by $4,264,732.03 and extend for one (1) year.
Good(s) or Service(s): High speed network equipment, network hardware installation, and maintenance services at several locations; replacement of switches; extension of the County's broadband network.
Contract Period: 11/1/2012 - 12/ 31/2013 10/31/2014
Contract Period Extension: 1/1/ 2014 12/31/2014 N/A
Current Contract Amount Authority: $7,231,521.00
Board Approved: 10/2/2012, $7,231,521.00
Board Increase(s): N/A
Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: $4,264,732.03
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2013 $1,571,885.00; FY 2014 $2,692,847.00
Accounts: Various - 441 accounts; -579 accounts
Contract Number(s): 12-30-391
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The requested amendment will procure high speed network equipment, network hardware installation, and maintenance services for: 1) Cook County's Wide Area Network (WAN) Refresh Project; and 2) Cook County's Broadband Network Project. If approved, this would allow Bureau of Technology to implement replacement of switches for both the Juvenile Detention Campus and the 26th & California Campus, and the Medical Examiner's Office; it would also allow extension of the County's broadband network.end