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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT (TECHNOLOGY)
Department(s): Office of the Chief Procurement Officer
Vendor: EqualLevel, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Electronic Marketplace Software Maintenance and Support Services
Original Contract Period: 6/5/2012 - 6/4/2014
Proposed Contract Extension Period: 6/5/2017 - 6/4/2018
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $313,700.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 6/5/2012, $107,000.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): 5/21/2014, $72,250.00, 6/5/2014 - 6/4/2015; 7/29/2015, $53,500.00, 6/5/2015 - 6/4/2016; 8/3/2016, $68,650.00, 6/4/2016 - 6/5/2017
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 8/15/2012, $12,300.00
This Increase Requested: $54,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2017, $54,000.00
Accounts: 030-441, Maintenance and Repair of Data Processing Equipment and Software
Contract Number(s): 12-30-264
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via full MBE/WBE waiver.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
The Bureau of Technology concurs
Summary: The Office of Chief Procurement Officer request to extend and increase Contract with EqualLevel, Inc. which provides annual support and maintenance of the software system available to all County Agencies. EqualLevel provides online marketplace and paperless ordering for County-wide catalog contracts, and it is currently being integrated with the County’s new Oracle EBS system.
The contract extension would allow County Agencies to receive undisrupted services for online ordering for their daily needed office and institutional supplies and equipment using nine (9) catalog contracts. This is a Sole Source Procurement pursuant to Section 34-139 of the Cook County Procurement Code.
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