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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT (TECHNOLOGY)
Department(s): Enterprise Resource Planning
Vendor: Grant Thornton LLP, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Consulting Services for Independent Verification and Validation Services (IV&V)
Original Contract Period: 7/1/2015 - 2/28/2018
Proposed Contract Extension Period: 7/1/2018 - 7/31/2018
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $3,075,360.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 7/1/2015, $2,930,000.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 9/25/2017, 3/1/2018 - 6/30/2018, $145,360.00
This Increase Requested: $362,024.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2018 $362,024.00
Accounts: 11569.1029.17825.560227.00000.00000
Contract Number(s): 1590-14377
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation and partial MWBE waiver.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
The Bureau of Technology concurs
Summary: This increase and request to extend one (1) additional month will allow the Office of Enterprise Resource Planning to receive continuation of IV&V services through the anticipated end of the Hypercare period for Wave 3 HR/Payroll implementation. This amendment reflects changes in project scope and timeline related to the delay in Wave 3 implementation.
This contract was awarded as a Comparable Government Procurement pursuant to Section 34-140 of the Cook County Procurement Code. Grant Thornton was previously awarded a contract by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (Illinois Tollway) through a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) process.
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