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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): The Office of Capital Planning and Policy and the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer
Vendor: The Gordian, Group Inc., Mauldin, South Carolina
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Professional Services
Original Contract Period: 5/1/2012 - 4/30/2015
Proposed Contract Period Extension: N/A
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $1,050,000.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 5/14/2012, $1,050.000.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: $2,500,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2014, $1,500,000.00; FY 2015 $1,000,000.00
Accounts: 20000 - County Physical Plant
Contract Number(s): 11-28-043
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: A Professional Services Agreement for Job Order Contracting (JOC) Consultant Services between Cook County Government Countywide and The Gordian Group, Inc., Contract No. 11-28-043 was approved by the Board of Cook County Commissioners on 5/14/2012.
The objective of the JOC program is to provide an alternate procurement method to enable the County to rapidly engage construction project simultaneously.
The request to increase in the amount of $2,500,000.00 is based on the available capacity of the JOC Contractors. The Gordian Group's fee for the services provided is assessed as a percentage of the value of construction procured by the County through the JOC program. The increase requested through this amendment was calculated by the applying The Gordian Group's percent fee against the total value of construction that is available to be purchased by the County through its JOC contracts. The County is under no obligation to expend the a...
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