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PROPOSED CONTRACT (TECHNOLOGY)
Department(s): Bureau of Technology
Vendor: Journal Technologies, Inc., Logan, Utah
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Public Defender Business Process Reengineering and Case management system Implementation
Contract Value: $2,326,425.00
Contract period: 10/21/2015 - 10/20/2021 with two (2) one-year renewal options
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2016 $872,350.00, FY 2017 $342,420.00, FY 2018 $356,117.00, FY 2019 $370,362.00, FY 2020 $385,176.00
Accounts: CPID 6831, CPID 8768, CPID 9419
Contract Number(s): 1418-13332
Concurrence(s):
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: In collaboration with the Cook County Public Defender’s Office, the Bureau of Technology is requesting approval of Contract No. 1418-13332 with Journal Technologies, Inc. to replace disparate end-of-lifecycle case management systems with a single, modern solution.
The Public Defender’s Office currently relies upon legacy AS400/midrange applications and isolated desktop platforms and databases to perform a variety of case management tasks. The proposed contract will replace these solutions and improve case flow, processing, discovery, document management, centralized statistics tracking and reporting, and disposition management.
Request for Proposals (RFP) procedures were followed in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Journal Technologies, Inc. was recommended based on established evaluation criteria.
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