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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Office of the Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County
Vendor: AllWorld Language Consultants, Inc. (ALC), Rockville, Maryland
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): In-Person Foreign Language Interpretations
Contract Value: $725,565.00
Contract period: 5/1/2016 - 4/30/2019 with two (2) one (1) year renewal options
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY2016: $141,082.08, FY2017: $241,855.00, FY2018: $241,855.00, FY2019: $100,772.92
Accounts: 300-260, Professional Services
Contract Number(s): 1514-14748
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: This contract provides for in-person foreign language interpreter services primarily involving languages other than Spanish and Polish for persons participating in Circuit Court of Cook County proceedings. Contract services are requested whenever the court’s in-house interpreter staff are not available or the requested languages are outside of the staff expertise.
Competitive bid process was followed in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. AllWorld Language Consultants, Inc. of Rockville, Maryland, was the lowest responsive and responsible bidder.
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