title
PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT (TECHNOLOGY)
Department(s): Cook County Treasurer
Vendor: R & S Associates, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): IT Consulting Services for Mainframe and Critical Interfaces
Original Contract Period: 12/1/2012 - 11/30/2013
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 12/1/2014 - 11/30/2015
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $220,000.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 11/16/2012, $95,000.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): 2/19/2014, Increase $125,000.00 and Extension 12/1/2013 - 11/30/2014
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: $125,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2015 $125,000.00
Accounts: 534-260
Contract Number(s): 12-90-362
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
The Bureau of Technology concurs
Summary: R&S Associates has more than 30-years of experience as a designer and builder of specialized mainframe computer applications. He has headed numerous process improvement initiatives that spanned organizations and agencies. Most recently, R&S Associates has designed and programmed systems supporting the Cook County Treasurer's Office. This unique knowledge is not available internally within Cook County, or externally.
Additionally, as the County moves to replace their 40+ year old property tax system, with a new integrated property tax system, R&S Associates' detailed knowledge of mainframe operations and systems will be invaluable
end