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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Adult Probation Department, Circuit Court of Cook County
Vendor: Technical Resource Management, LLC., dba Cordant Forensic Solutions, Denver, Colorado
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Drug Testing Services
Contract Value: $1,964,357.49
Contract period: 5/1/2018 - 4/30/2021, with two (2), one (1) year renewal options
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact:
FY 2018 $436,523.89,
FY 2019 $654,785.83,
FY 2020 $654,785.83,
FY 2021 $218,261.94.
Accounts: Lab Testing and Analysis, Paid with probation fees collected from probationers; 11326.1310.10155.520830 (532-260)
Contract Number(s): 1768-16832
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation and partial MBE waiver.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The Adult Probation Department is requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute contract with Technical Resource Management, LLC. The contract will be used to provide drug testing services for individuals on probation and pretrial supervision, as well as for other probationers and defendants as ordered by the court and for certain department employees. The tests primarily involve urine drops, which are observed and collected for testing by probation officers.
Competitive bidding procedures were followed in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Technical Resources Management, LLC. was the lowest, responsive and responsible bidder.
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