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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Vendor: Safeware Inc., Landover, Maryland
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Goods and Related Services
Original Contract Period: 7/24/2012 - 9/30/2014
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 10/1/2015 - 9/30/2016
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $12,561,644.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 7/24/2012, $5,561,644.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): 3/21/2014, $4,000,000.00; 9/10/2014, $3,000,000.00, 10/1/2014 - 9/30/2015
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: $11,500,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2015 $2,300,000.00, FY 2016 $9,200,000.00
Accounts: 769 - N/A
Contract Number(s): 12-30-208
Concurrences:
The Vendor has met the Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The Cook County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management is requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to increase and exercise the second of four (4), one (1) year renewal options. This County-wide contract is used for the ongoing purchase of homeland security and emergency preparedness supplies and equipment for County agencies and first responders throughout Cook County. The expenditures under this renewal are almost entirely from grant funds and will not impact the total amount expended annually on emergency management preparedness equipment and supplies.
This is a Comparable Government Procurement pursuant to Section 34-140 of the Cook County Procurement Code. Safeware, Inc. was previously awarded a contract through a Request for Proposals (RFP) process through U.S. Communities, a national government purchasing cooperati...
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