File #: 18-1717    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Filed
File created: 1/16/2018 In control: Contract Compliance Committee
On agenda: 1/17/2018 Final action: 11/30/2018
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A HEARING OF THE COOK COUNTY CONTRACT COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE WHEREAS, The Cook County Health and Hospitals System in 2018 spent more than $165 million on procurement for goods and services, and WHEREAS, of that $165 million, two percent went to African American owned firms as subs, and WHEREAS, zero percent of the money was awarded to African American owned firms as primes, and WHEREAS, African Americans made up a quarter of the county's population and are 76 percent of the patients served by CCHHS, and WHEREAS, this rate is abysmal, and the Cook County Health and Hospitals System's procurement department and the county's contract compliance should be working quickly on a concrete plan to improve that rate, and WHEREAS, said departments should appear before the Board to update the Board on the improvements being made and the state of the problem. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the County Board and President of the Board that a meeting of the Co...
Sponsors: RICHARD R. BOYKIN

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

 

CALLING FOR A HEARING OF THE COOK COUNTY CONTRACT COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE

 

WHEREAS, The Cook County Health and Hospitals System in 2018 spent more than $165 million on procurement for goods and services, and

 

WHEREAS, of that $165 million, two percent went to African American owned firms as subs, and

 

WHEREAS, zero percent of the money was awarded to African American owned firms as primes, and

 

WHEREAS, African Americans made up a quarter of the county’s population and are 76 percent of the patients served by CCHHS, and

 

WHEREAS, this rate is abysmal, and the Cook County Health and Hospitals System’s procurement department and the county’s contract compliance should be working quickly on a concrete plan to improve that rate, and

 

WHEREAS, said departments should appear before the Board to update the Board on the improvements being made and the state of the problem.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the County Board and President of the Board that a meeting of the Contract Compliance Committee shall be called, and representatives from Cook County Contract Compliance and the CCHHS administration shall appear and offer an explanation and possible solutions.

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