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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT (TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS)
Department(s): Transportation and Highways
Vendor: County Material Partners, JV, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extendcontract
Good(s) or Service(s): Quality Control/Quality Assurance and Material Testing Services
Location: Countywide
County Board District(s): Countywide
Original Contract Period: 12/1/2014 - 11/30/2016 with one (1), one (1) year renewal option
Section: 14-8TEST-02-EG
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 12/1/2017 - 11/30/2018
Section: 14-8TEST-02-EG
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $800,000.00
Original Board Approval: 11/19/2014, $800,000.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 11/10/2016, 12/1/2016 - 11/30/2017
This Increase Requested: N/A
Potential Fiscal Impact: N/A
Accounts: Motor Fuel Tax Account: 600-585
Contract Number(s): 1484-13331
IDOT Contract Number(s): N/A
Federal Project Number(s): N/A
Federal Job Number(s): N/A
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority-and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: This contract includes but is not limited to materials engineering and inspection, coring and boring, quality assurance, material sampling, testing, documentation, reporting, review of test results and recommendation of corrective action if necessary, plant and jobsite inspection, review of quality control plans, forensic analysis and verification of mix designs applicable to various projects' concrete, asphalt, aggregate and soils materials during the pre-construction, construction and post-construction phases, as well as concrete and asphalt plant inspection training to Department’s staff, research, development and recommendation of new materials and assist in the development of and maintenance of a materials database system.
This contract was awarded through Request for Qualifications (RFQ) procedures in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. County Material Partners, A Joint Venture, was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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