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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
Vendor: TASC, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): First Time Offender Drug Diversion Program
Original Contract Period: 12/1/2012 - 11/30/2013
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 12/1/2015 - 11/30/2016
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $2,106,101.88
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 5/29/2013, $702,033.96
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): 10/8/2014, $702,033.96, 12/1/2013 - 11/30/2014; 12/17/2014, 702,033.96, 12/1/2014 - 11/30/2015
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: $702,033.96
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2016 $702,033.96
Accounts: 250-260
Contract Number(s): 13-50-070
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The State’s Attorney’s Office contracts with TASC, Inc. to manage the First Time Offender Drug Diversion Program. TASC, Inc. have met or exceeded all program objectives. We are requesting to extend and increase this contract to ensure continuity of services for all program participants. As the designated State Agency for court treatment programs as a condition of probation, TASC, Inc. is the only authorized contractor and is uniquely qualified to act as an intermediary between the court system and the treatment community. By contracting with TASC, Inc. to administer this program, there is a consistency between the State’s Attorney’s Office intervention program and the various court-mandated programs available throughout the court system. TASC, Inc. has consistently met or exceeded all performance goals set up by the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office.
This is a Sole Source Procurement pursuant to Section 34-139 of the Cook County Procurement Code.
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