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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT (TECHNOLOGY)
Department(s): Cook County Clerk
Vendor: Catalyst Consulting Group, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to increase and extend
Good(s) or Service(s): Service, Maintenance and Hosting of Web Applications
Contract Period: 3/25/2013 - 11/30/2013
Contract Extension Period: 12/1/2013 - 11/30/2014
Current Contract Amount Authority: $125,000.00
Board Approved: N/A
Board Increase(s): N/A
Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: $125,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2014: $125,000.00
Accounts: 524-260; 533-260
Contract Number(s): 13-13-12424
Concurrences:
Vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
The Chief Information Officer concurs.
Summary: The Clerk's Office is requesting to extend and increase the contract with Catalyst Consulting for the hosting of web servers and continued support and maintenance of proprietary applications developed by Catalyst. This contract will also allow the Clerk's Office to develop an Online Mail Ballot Application to comply with the recent law change in Illinois which allows eligible voters to request their ballot online. The application is an enhancement to the Clerk's website and will interface with the Voter Registration System Clone - a system designed by Catalyst.
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