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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT (TECHNOLOGY)
Department(s): County Clerk
Vendor: Marcucco, Stoddard, Ferenbach & Walsh (MSF&W), Inc, Springfield, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Website Accessibility Software
Current Contract Period: 10/1/2013 - 9/30/2015
Proposed Contract Extension Period: 10/1/2015 - 9/30/2016
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $13,190.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 10/7/2013, $6,595.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 10/27/2014, $6,595.00, 10/1/2014 - 9/30/2015
This Increase Requested: $6,595.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2016 $6,595.00
Accounts: 524-260
Contract Number(s): 1335-12627
Concurrences:
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
The Bureau of Technology concurs
Summary: The County Clerk is requesting authorization to renew and increase the contract with MSF&W to provide website accessibility software to all cookcountyclerk.com webpages. The BrowseAloud software reads websites aloud and addresses the needs of those citizens with: Visual Impairments, Learning Disabilities, Literacy difficulties such as Dyslexia and those who speak English as a second language. This is a Sole Source Procurement pursuant to Section 34-139 of the Cook County Procurement Code.
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