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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Cook County Medical Examiner
Vendor: We Type Transcription LLC, Boca Raton, Florida
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Autopsy, Microscopic, Neuropathology, and Radiology Report Transcription Services
Original Contract Period: 4/14/2014 - 4/13/2016, with two (2), one (1) year renewal options
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 4/14/2016 - 4/13/2017
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $115,088.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 4/14/2014, $115,088.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: $50,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2016 $5,000.00, FY 2017 $45,000.00
Accounts: 259-268
Contract Number(s): 1484-13277
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: This increase and first of two (2), one (1) year renewal options will allow the Cook County Medical Examiner to continue to receive medical transcription services used to transcribe the autopsy reports that describe manner and cause of death for the decedents of Cook County.
This contract was awarded through the competitive bidding process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. We Type Transcription, LLC was the lowest, responsive and responsible bidder.
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