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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Office of the Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County
Vendor: Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC), Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend, increase, and amend contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Intensive Outreach, Engagement and Case Management services for Access to Community Treatment (ACT) Court Program
Original Contract Period: 10/1/2013 - 6/30/2014
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 10/1/2014 - 6/30/2015
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $119,825.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 12/23/2013, $119,825.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 7/10/2014, extension 7/1/2014 - 9/30/2014
This Increase Requested: $100,988.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: NA, Grant-funded
Accounts: 793-260
Contract Number(s): 1360-13122
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs
Summary: A contract amendment to extend and increase are requested to authorize TASC to continue services in conjunction with a new grant received for the same corresponding nine-month period, October 1, 2014, to June 30, 2015. Grant-funded program services under contract 1360-13122, which began in January 2014, are scheduled to expire on 9/30/2014.
The Circuit Court's new Criminal Division Adult Redeploy Illinois, Access to Community Treatment (ACT) Court seeks to help certain low-level criminal defendants suffering from substance abuse problems from becoming repeat offenders and being incarcerated. The ACT Court achieves this goal by providing behavioral health, vocational and educational treatment services from community-based sources, such as TASC, combined with intensive court supervision. As of 8/14/2014, 51 defendants have been admitted into the program.
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