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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Cook County Assessor's Office and Cook County Clerk's Office
Vendor: Cook County Suburban Publishers, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): State Mandated Publications for Suburban Townships in Cook County
Original Contract Period: 7/1/2016 - 6/30/2017, with two (2), one (1) year renewal options
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 7/1/17 - 6/30/2018
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $879,170.45
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 6/29/2016, $879,170.45
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: $808,385.05
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2017 $646,792.08; FY 2018 $161,592.97
Accounts: 040-245 Advertising; 524-245 Advertising
Contract Number(s): 1623-15293
Concurrences:
The contract-specific goal set on this contract was zero.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: This increase and first of two (2), one (1) year renewal options will allow the Cook County Assessor's Office to continue to satisfy the statutory requirements set forth in 35 ILCS 200/12-20 and 715 ILCS 10/1 which require assessments to be published at the same time for the North and South suburban townships. Cook County Suburban Publishers, Inc. can publish the North and South suburban townships under one umbrella.
This contract will also allow the Cook County Clerk's Office to continue to satisfy the statutory requirements set forth in Article 12 of the Election Code, 10 ILCS 5/12-1 et seq. which requires the Cook County Clerk's Office to place notices in a minimum of two newspapers for each suburban municipality in the election jurisdiction on the same day and for the same duration of time. If multiple vendors are involved, there could be a scenario where some newspapers in certain municipalities h...
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