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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Vendor: Safeware, Inc., Landover, Maryland
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Countywide Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Goods and Related Services
Original Contract Period: 7/24/2012 - 9/30/2014, with four (4), one (1) year renewal options
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 10/1/2014 - 9/30/2015
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $9,561,644.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 7/24/2012, $5,561,644.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): 3/12/2014, $4,000,000.00
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: $3,000,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: None. Grant Funded Amount: $3,000,000.00
Accounts: 769-521
Contract Number(s): 12-30-208
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The Cook County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management is requesting to increase and exercise the first of four, one-year renewal options to the Safeware, Inc. countywide contract. This contract is used for the ongoing purchase of homeland security and emergency preparedness supplies and equipment for county agencies and first responders throughout Cook County
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