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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): County Clerk
Vendor: Cook County Suburban Publishers, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Publication of Election Notices and Specimen ballots to be placed in local newspapers
Original Contract Period: 3/1/2014 - 11/30/2014
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 12/1/2014 - 11/30/2015
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $140,515.63
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 3/13/2014, $140,515.63
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: $246,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2014 $146,080.91, FY 2015 $99,919.09
Accounts: 524-245
Contract Number(s): 1485-13500
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: State statute requires Election Notices including specimen ballots and polling places be placed in a minimum of two newspapers for each municipality in the election jurisdiction. Cook County Suburban Publishers, Inc. places the notices in 40-50 newspapers to guarantee complete geographical coverage. This contract extends and increases the current contract to place ads for the November Gubernatorial General election as well as the Primary and Consolidated Elections in 2015.
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