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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Office of the Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County
Vendor: Epperson Consulting, Flossmoor, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Evaluation services for Adult Redeploy Illinois (ARI) Access to Community Treatment Court (ACT) and the ARI HOPE Court
Original Contract Period: 12/1/2014 - 6/30/2015 with one (1) one (1)-year renewal
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 7/1/2017 - 6/30/2018
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $50,000.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 11/25/2014, $35,000.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): 7/13/2016, 7/1/2016 - 6/30/2017
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 7/15/2015, 7/1/2015 - 6/30/2016, $15,000
This Increase Requested: NA
Potential Fiscal Impact: NA
Accounts: NA
Contract Number(s): 1453-13969
Concurrences:
The contract-specific goal set on this contract was zero.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: A time-only contract extension is requested for Epperson Consulting to provide independent, process and outcome evaluation services for the ACT Court and the ARI HOPE Court. No increase is requested with this extension because unexpended funds remain on the contract from a prior extension. This extension is in conjunction with a new grant expected to be received from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for the same corresponding one year period as the contract, 7/1/2017, to 6/30/2018. Grant-funded program services under contract 1453-13969, which began in late 2014, are scheduled to expire on 6/30/2017.
The ACT and ARI HOPE courts are post-plea specialty courts for certain offenders. The ACT Court is a drug court probation program that operates in the Circuit Court Criminal Division. Its goal is to help certain nonviolent, felony criminal offenders suffering from substance abuse problems from becoming repeat offenders and being incarcerated. It has a current annual capacity of 170 individuals. The Circuit Court’s ARI HOPE Court is a structured probation program that operates in the Circuit Court’s Municipal District One (City of Chicago). The ARI HOPE judge and team work to give offenders the support and services they need to complete their probation sentence and move toward productive lives. It has a current annual capacity of 300 individuals.
This contract was originally awarded as a sole source procurement pursuant to Section 34-139 of the Cook County Procurement Code.
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