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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Budget and Management Services
Vendor: JBI, Ltd., d/b/a Justice Benefits, Inc. Coppell, Texas
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Professional Services
Original Contract Period: 1/1/2014 - 12/31/2016
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 01/01/2017-12/31/2017
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: 6% of State Criminal Alien Assistance Program Award Amount
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 12/18/2013, $0
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: 6% of State Criminal Alien Assistance Program Award
Potential Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: N/A
Contract Number(s): 1341-12849
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via full M/WBE waiver.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: Justice Benefits, Inc. (JBI) is currently contracted under 1341-12849, which will end on 12/31/2016. JBI provides assistance with the identification and recovery of over $63M in County funds incurred for detaining undocumented and unknown individuals in the County’s correctional facilities through the federal government’s State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP). JBI will provide assistance in gathering information pertaining to the undocumented individuals and associated cost, as well as provide technical assistance with the submission of the SCAAP funding request to the federal government. FY2015 County reimbursement award amount was $1,436,985.00; JBI received 6% or $86,219.10.
This is a Comparable Government Procurement pursuant to Section 34-140 of the Cook County Procurement Code. JBI, Ltd. was previously awarded a contract through a Request for Proposals (RFP) process by the County of Boulder, Colorado. Cook County wishes to leverage this procurement effort.
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