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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Facilities Management, Transportation and Highways, Sheriff's Office
Vendor: W.W. Grainger Inc., Lake Forest, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Countywide maintenance, repair and operational supplies and related services
Contract Value: $12,000,000.00
Contract period: 2/23/2015 - 2/22/2016, with two (2), one (1) year renewal options
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2015 $1,500,000.00, Grant Funded Amount $7,000,000.00; FY 2016 $500,000.00, Grant Funded Amount $3,000,000.00
Accounts: 769-449 and various
Contract Number(s): 1550-14325
Concurrences:
Vendor has met the Minority and Women Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The Cook County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management in conjunction with the Departments of Facilities Management, Transportation and Highways and the Sheriff's Office are requesting to enter into a new contract with W. W. Grainger, Inc. The contract will be used primarily for the purchase of homeland security and emergency management supplies and equipment for first responders throughout Cook County. Additional funds are also allocated for countywide needs for maintenance, repair and operational supplies.
This is a Comparable Government Procurement pursuant Section 34-140 of the Procurement Code. W.W. Grainger, Inc. was previously awarded a contract through a Request for Proposal (RFP) process through the National Intergovernmental Purchasing Alliance (NIPA) a national government purchasing cooperative in corporation with the City of Tucson, Arizona. Cook County wishes to leverage this procurement effort.
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