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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Department of Transportation and Highways, Cook County Sheriff’s Office and Department of Facilities Management
Vendor: Herc Rentals, Inc. (formerly known as Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation), Bonita Springs, Florida
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Equipment Rental
Original Contract Period: 4/15/2016 - 4/14/2017, with three (3), one (1) year renewal options
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 4/15/2017 - 4/14/2018
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $624,200.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 4/13/2016, $624,200.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: $1,725,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact:
Department of Transportation and Highways: FY 2017 $200,000.00, FY 2018 $1,300,000.00
Cook County Sheriff’s Office: FY 2017 $59,500.00, FY 2018 $40,500.00
Department of Facilities Management: FY 2017 $62,500.00, FY 2018 $62,500.00
Accounts: 501-634 (501-638), 499-444, 200-638
Contract Number(s): 1684-15307
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority -and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via waiver with indirect participation.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: This increase and first of three (3), one (1) year renewal options will enable the Department of Transportation and Highways, Cook County Sheriff’s Office, and the Department of Facilities Management to continue to receive rental options to support a shortage of industrial equipment and an aging fleet.
This contract was awarded as a Comparable Government Procurement pursuant to Section 31-140 of the Cook County Procurement Code. Herc Rentals, Inc. was previously awarded a contract through a Request for Proposals (RFP) process through U.S. Communities, a national government purchasing cooperative sponsored by the National Association of Counties (NaCo) and the National Institute of Government Purchasing (NIGP), and in cooperation with North Carolina State University.
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