File #: 15-0541    Version: 1 Name: Appriss
Type: Contract Status: Approved
File created: 12/2/2014 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 6/10/2015 Final action: 6/10/2015
Title: PROPOSED CONTRACT Department(s): Cook County State's Attorney's Office Vendor: Appriss, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute Good(s) or Service(s): Victim Notification Service Contract Value: $811,000.00 Contract period: 12/1/2014 - 11/30/2017 Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2015 $287,000.00, FY 2016 $262,000.00, FY 2017 $262,000.00 Accounts: 250-441 Contract Number(s): 1585-14254 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: Appriss, Inc. handles the Victim Information Notification Everyday (VINE) automated victim notification service and provides notifications to Cook County victims of any change in the custodial status of defendants serving time in Cook County Jail or the Illinois Department of Corrections. Appriss, Inc. is contracted with the State of Illi...
Indexes: (inactive) ANITA ALVAREZ, Cook County State’s Attorney, (inactive) RAYMOND BALCARCEL, Chief Financial Officer, State's Attorney's Office
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PROPOSED CONTRACT
 
Department(s):  Cook County State's Attorney's Office
 
Vendor:  Appriss, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky
 
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
 
Good(s) or Service(s):   Victim Notification Service
 
Contract Value:  $811,000.00
 
Contract period:  12/1/2014 - 11/30/2017  
 
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact:  FY 2015 $287,000.00, FY 2016 $262,000.00, FY 2017 $262,000.00
 
Accounts:  250-441
 
Contract Number(s):  1585-14254
Concurrences:      
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
 
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
 
Summary:   Appriss, Inc. handles the Victim Information Notification Everyday (VINE) automated victim notification service and provides notifications to Cook County victims of any change in the custodial status of defendants serving time in Cook County Jail or the Illinois Department of Corrections.  Appriss, Inc. is contracted with the State of Illinois to provide this service for all other counties in the state.  They are uniquely qualified to provide this service to victims of crime.  The software they use is a proprietary product and owned exclusively by Appriss, Inc.  The software is not sold through a third party and maintenance is only available through Appriss, Inc.
 
This contract is awarded as a Sole Source procurement pursuant to Section 34-139 of the Cook County Procurement Code.
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