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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Circuit Court of Cook County, Office of the Chief Judge
Vendor: Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Consulting and Technical Assistance Service for Access to Community Treatment (ACT) Court program.
Original Contract Period: 10/1/2013 - 6/30/2014
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 7/1/2015 - 6/30/2016.
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $148,500.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 12/23/2013, $20,000.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 2/26/2014: increase of $75,000.00; 7/7/2014, extension, 7/1/14 - 9/30/2014; 11/12/2014: increase of $53,500.00 extension, 10/1/2014-6/30/2015
This Increase Requested: $94,009.37
Potential Fiscal Impact: None, grant funded contract
Accounts: 793-260
Contract Number(s): 1360-13121
Concurrences:
The vendor is responsive to the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: A contract extension and increase is requested for Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice to continue management, research and coordination of community partnerships and resources. This extension and increase is requested in conjunction with a new grant received for the same corresponding one year period, 7/1/2015, to 6/30/2016. Grant-funded program services under contract 1360-13121, which began in October 2013, are scheduled to expire on 6/30/2015.
The Circuit Court Criminal Division’s 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, combined with intensive court supervision. As of 3/31/2015, 106 participants have been admitted into the program. The program has achieved a retention rate of 79 percent, which is well above the rate of drug courts nationally.
Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice provides operational, on-site management of the Circuit Court’s grant-funded Adult Redeploy Illinois, Access to Community Treatment (ACT) Court program. They also provide technical assistance, research and policy analysis, and coordination of community partnerships and resources for the program
This is a sole source procurement pursuant to Section 34-139 of the Cook County Procurement Code
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