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PROPOSED CONTRACT (TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS)
Department(s): Transportation and Highways
Vendor: Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, Park Ridge, New Jersey
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Heavy Equipment Rental and Associated Services
Location: Department of Transportation and Highways, Maintenance Districts Countywide
Section: N/A
Contract Value: $150,000.00
Contract period: Upon Board Approval 1/15/2014 - 1/14/2015
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2014 $125,000.00 for Transportation and Highways; FY 014 $25,000 for Facilities Management.
Accounts: 600-585 (Motor Fuel Tax Fund) for Transportation and Highways; 200-638 for Facilities Management
Contract Number(s): 1330-13054
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: This rental equipment is needed to enable the Department of Transportation and Highways to continue operations for safe and sustainable highways by supporting a shortage of equipment and an aging current fleet. The Department of Facilities Management will utilize this contract to rent equipment on a limited basis for DFM tradesmen to maintain various Cook County facilities. This contract references a Group Purchase Organization (GPO) Contract competitively procured by US Communities, a national government purchasing cooperative, and North Carolina State University.
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