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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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