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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Office of the Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County
Vendor: Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Consulting and Technical Assistance Service for Access to Community Treatment (ACT) Court Program.
Original Contract Period: 10/1/2013 - 6/30/2014
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 7/1/2016 - 6/30/2017
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $242,509.37
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 12/23/2013, $20,000.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): 7/1/2015: $94,009.37, 7/1/2015-6/30/2016.
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 2/26/2014: $75,000.00; 7/7/2014: 7/1/2014-9/30/2014; 11/12/2014: $53,500.00, 10/1/2014-6/30/2015
This Increase Requested: $58,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: None, grant-funded
Accounts: 793-260
Contract Number(s): 1360-13121
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority-and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via full MWBE waiver.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: A contract extension and increase is requested for Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice to provide management, research, and coordination of community partnerships and resources for the ACT Court and the ARI HOPE Court. This extension and increase is in conjunction with a new grant received from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for the same corresponding one year period as the contract, 7/1/2016 - 6/30/2017. Grant-funded program services under contract 1360-13121, which began in October 2013, are scheduled to expire on 6/30/2016.
The ACT Court is a drug court probation program that operates in the Circuit Court Criminal Division. Its goal is to help certain nonviolent, felony criminal offenders suffering from substance abuse problems from becoming repeat offenders and being incarcerated....
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