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PROPOSED CONTRACT (TECHNOLOGY)
Department(s): Bureau of Technology
Vendor: Meade, Inc., McCook, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Fiber optic network construction services
Contract Value: $483,450.00
Contract period: 8/1/2014 through 7/31/2016, with one (1) one-year renewal
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2014, $483,450.00
Accounts: 715-570
Contract Number(s): 1430-13756
Concurrence(s):
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
N/A - Bureau of Technology proposes this item.
Summary: If approved, this construction contract will allow BOT work with Meade, Inc. to further the County's Broadband Program and integrate Provident Hospital into the County's 10GB Broadband Network for high speed data transport applications. This fiber build will realize Cook County's vision and charter of faster and secure broadband network technologies.
This is a Comparable Government Procurement pursuant to Section 34-140 of the Procurement Code: Meade, Inc. was previously awarded a contract by the State of Illinois through a competitive bid process. Cook County wishes to leverage this procurement effort.
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