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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Office of the Chief Procurement Officer
Vendor: The Public Group, Provo, Utah
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): On-line Public Auction Services
Contract Value: None, Revenue Generating
Contract period: 5/1/2014 - 4/30/2015 with two (2) one (1) year extension options
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: None, Revenue Generating
Accounts: General Fund / Miscellaneous Revenue
Contract Number(s): 1453-13450
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
Summary: Section 34-125(j) of the Cook County Procurement Code provides that the Chief Procurement Officer must determine when supplies, materials and equipment are obsolete or unusable, and trade in, sell or dispose of such property. The Public Group LLC, provides a public online auction system which will enable the County to manage the sale of its surplus items, including but not limited to vehicles.
This is a Comparable Government Procurement pursuant to Section 34-140 of the Procurement Code. The Public Group, LLC was previously awarded a contract by the City of Tucson, Arizona through a competitive Request for Proposal process. Cook County wishes to leverage this procurement effort.
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