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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): County Clerk
Vendor: Pickens-Kane Moving and Storage Co., Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Moving of Election Equipment and Supplies
Original Contract Period: 12/1/2013 - 11/30/2015
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 12/1/2015 - 11/30/2016
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $2,364,845.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 11/13/2013, $2,364,845.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: $1,472,644.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2016 $1,472,644.00
Accounts: 524-430
Contract Number(s): 1335-12863
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: This extension and increase will allow the Cook County Clerk to continue to receive moving services for election equipment and supplies. Pickens-Kane performs the complicated, logistical moving services required to securely move voting equipment, E-pollbooks and supplies to 50 early voting sites, 1,673 precincts, 175 nursing homes, 19 Remote Distribution Centers, and various Election Judge training sites.
This contract was awarded through Request for Proposals (RFP) procedures in accordance with Cook County Procurement Code. Pickens-Kane Moving and Storage Co. was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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