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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): State's Attorney's Office
Vendor: Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities, Inc. (TASC, Inc.), Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): First Time Offender Drug Diversion Program
Original Contract Period: 12/1/2012 - 11/30/2013
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 12/1/2016 - 11/30/2017
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $2,808,135.84
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 5/29/2013, $702,033.96
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): 10/8/2014, $702,033.96, 12/1/2013 - 11/30/2014; 12/17/2014, 702,033.96, 12/1/2014 - 11/30/2015; 3/23/2016, $702,033.96, 12/1/2015 - 11/30/2016
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: $702,033.96
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2016 $702,033.96
Accounts: 250-260
Contract Number(s): 13-50-070
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via full MBE/WBE waiver with indirect participation
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The State's Attorney's Office contracts with TASC, Inc. to manage the First Time Offender Drug Diversion Program. TASC, Inc. has met or exceeded all program objectives. This extension and increase will ensure continuity of services for all program participants. As the designated State Agency for court treatment programs as a condition of probation TASC, Inc., until recently, was the only authorized contractor qualified to act as an intermediary between the court system and the treatment community. A second provider, Family Guidance Centers, Inc., recently obtained qualifications and will act as a subcontractor within this extension. This extension and increase allow services to go uninterrupted while a competitive process is engaged with current qualified providers, presently TASC, Inc. and Family Guidance.
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