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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Cook County Treasurer
Vendor: Bob Benjamin Consulting LTD, Evanston, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Communication Services
Original Contract Period: 10/1/2016 - 9/30/2018, with one (1) one-year renewal option
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 10/1/2018 - 9/30/2019
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $140,000.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 9/29/2016, $140,000.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: $70,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2018 $12,000.00, FY 2019 $58,000.00
Accounts: 1060.520830
Contract Number(s): 1614-15143
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via full MBE and WBE waiver.
The Interim Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: This increase and one-year renewal option will allow the Cook County Treasurer to continue to receive Communication Services, which includes developing notifications to taxpayers and third party agents on: property tax bills, annual tax sale, scavenger sale, refunds, explanation of information contained in and pursuant to the Cook County Debt Disclosure Ordinance; developing web content; and developing press releases and responses to media inquiries.
This contract was awarded through the Request for Proposals (RFP) process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Bob Benjamin Consulting, LTD was selected based on the established evaluation criteria.
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