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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Transportation and Highways
Vendor: Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc., New York, New York
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Consulting Services
Contract Value: $224,894.03
Contract period: 8/15/2016-8/14/2018 with one (1), one (1) year renewal option.
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact:
FY2016 $50,000.00
FY2017 $150,000.00
FY2018 $24,894.03
Accounts: 670-260
Contract Number(s): 1555-14428
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The purpose of the Lincoln Highway Logistics Corridor Strategic Plan is to develop a list of prioritized industrial sites and identify the necessary transportation infrastructure improvements and predevelopment activities essential to their redevelopment. The plan will focus on the industrial district along Lincoln Highway that spans the south Cook County communities of the City of Chicago Heights, the Village of Ford Heights, and the Village of Sauk Village (collectively known as the Lincoln Highway Logistics Corridor) with the ultimate objective of improving their and the County’s economy. Section: 14-6FRGT-02-ES 6
The County applied for and received various grants for this project. The County will be reimbursed by the Illinois Department of Transportation in the amount of $224,894.03.
Request for Proposal (RFP) procedures were followed in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc., was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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