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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Adult Probation and Social Service Departments, Circuit Court of Cook County
Vendor: Universal Family Connection, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Domestic violence intervention counseling
Original Contract Period: 6/13/2013 - 6/30/2016, with two (2) one (1)-year renewal options
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 7/1/2016 - 6/30/2017
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $125,000.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 6/14/2013, $125,000.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: $105,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2016 - $35,000.00, FY 2017 - $70,000.00, funded with probation fees collected from probationers
Accounts: 532-260 and 541-260
Contract Number(s): 1388-12708
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via indirect participation.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The proposed amendment for contract No. 1388-12708 exercises the first year renewal option available in the Cook County contract with Universal Family Connection, Inc. The contract provides specialized treatment services ordered by the court for adult domestic violence offenders who are supervised by the Adult Probation and Social Service Departments of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Terms of service and pricing during the renewal period are unchanged from the original contract period. Services provided under the contract include assessments and individual and group counseling as deemed appropriate, billed to Cook County at prescribed hourly rates. There are currently more than 2,500 probationers under court supervision for domestic violence offenses.
The contract was awar...
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