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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Circuit Court of Cook County, Office of the Chief Judge
Vendor: TASC, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Case Management and Outreach Services.
Original Contract Period: 10/1/2010 - 2/28/2013
Proposed Contract Period Extension: Extension period: 6/1/2014 - 12/31/2014.
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $433,875.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 10/5/2010, $378,875.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): 9/11/2013, 10/1/2013 - 1/31/2014.
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 2/1/2013, 3/1/2013 - 9/30/2013; 5/13/2014, 2/1/2014 - 5/31/2014, $55,000.
This Increase Requested: $75,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2014: $64,285.00, FY 2015: $10,715.00.
Accounts: 310-260
Contract Number(s): 10-41-162
Concurrences:
The Vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs
Summary: A contract extension and increase are requested to authorize TASC to continue the provision of services while a new RFP is conducted. The Office of the Chief Procurement Officer issued an RFP in August 2013. The Circuit Court has requested to reissue the RFP because the court and the community would be better served by contracting with more than one community-based vendor. Program participants are offenders who are diverted from incarceration. Services cover client care management.
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