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PROPOSED CONTRACT (TECHNOLOGY)
Department(s): Cook County Sheriff’s Office
Vendor: Clarity Partners, LLC, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute contract
Good(s) or Service(s): CLEARNET Multi-Agency Criminal Records Management System
Contract Value: $1,070,202.00
Contract period: 10/1/2016-9/30/2019 with two (2) one (1) year renewal options
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2016 $300,000.00, FY 2017 $500,000.00, FY 2018 $270,202.00
Accounts: 1521709302-579
Contract Number(s): 1611-15572
Concurrence(s):
The contract-specific goal set on this contract was zero.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
The Bureau of Technology concurs
Summary: The Cook County Sheriff’s Office respectfully requests the approval to enter into a contract with Clarity Partners, LLC of Chicago, Illinois. Clarity Partners, LLC is contracted with the Chicago Police Department to develop and maintain a new records management system. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office has committed to partner with Chicago Police Department as the system’s first external user to establish a multi-agency computerized police records system. Clarity is currently engaged in software development and database management with the Chicago Police Department. These require continuity of personnel for successful completion. As a partner in law enforcement operations, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office is dedicated to violence reduction, and a records management system is a crucial part of ensuring a successful regional policing model.
This is a Sole Source Procurement pursuant to Section 34-139 of the Cook County Procurement Code.
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