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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Facilities Management
Vendor: Graybar Electric Company, Inc., Glendale Heights, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Electrical Products and Supplies
Contract Value: $400,000.00
Contract period: 5/1/2016 - 4/31/2018, 7/1/2016 - 6/30/2018 with two (2), one (1) year renewal options
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY2016 $233,333.31; FY 2017 $166,666.69
Accounts: 200-333
Contract Number(s): 1585-14921
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: Facilities Management is requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute a contract with Graybar Electric Company, Inc. for electrical products and supplies used to repair equipment in all Cook County facilities.
This is a Comparable Government Procurement pursuant to Section 34-140 of the Cook County Procurement Code. Graybar Electric Company, Inc. was previously awarded a contract through a Request for Proposals (RFP) process through U.S. Communities, a national government purchasing cooperative sponsored by the National Association of Counties (NACo) and the National Institute of Government Purchasing (NIGP), and in cooperative with the County of Los Angeles. U.S. Communities is a group purchasing organization which services public agencies, and its procurements are led by public procurement agencies. Cook County wishes to leverage this procurement effort.
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