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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Adult Probation Department, Circuit Court of Cook County
Vendor: La Familia Unida, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Domestic Violence Intervention Counseling Services
Original Contract Period: 7/1/2013 - 6/30/2016, with two (2) one-year renewal options
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 7/1/2018 - 11/30/2018
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $310,000.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 6/19/2013, $245,000.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): 6/28/2017, 7/1/2017 - 6/30/2018
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 76/16/2016, 7/1/2016 - 6/30/2017, $65,000.00
This Increase Requested: N/A
Potential Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: 11326-1310-10155-521024, Medical Consultations, services paid with probation fees collected from probationers
Contract Number(s): 13-88-12704
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via full MWBE waiver.
The Interim Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: This extension will allow La Familia Unidad to provide specialized treatment services ordered by the court for adult domestic violence offenders who are supervised by the Adult Probation and Social Service Departments of The Circuit Court of Cook County. Terms of service and pricing during the extension period are unchanged from the original contract period. Services provided under the contracts include assessments and individual and group counseling as deemed appropriate, billed to Cook County at prescribed hourly rates for offenders who meet indigent criteria.
Additional time is required to complete Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process and efficient transition to new vendor(s).
This contract was awarded through the Request for Proposal process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code, and was awarded based on established evaluation criteria and are part of a service network encompassing all of Cook County that assist offenders in their own communities.
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