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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Cook County Medical Examiner
Vendor: Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings/Lab Corp, Elmhurst, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Post Mortem Samples Testing Services
Original Contract Period: 10/15/2014 - 10/14/2016, with two (2), one (1) year renewal options
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 10/15/2018 - 04/14/2019
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $242,127.83
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 10/3/2014, $93,127.83
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): 11/15/2017, $100,000.00, 10/15/2017 - 10/14/2018
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 4/18/2017, $49,000.00, 10/15/2016 - 10/14/2017
This Increase Requested: $60,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2018 $15,000.00, FY 2019 $45,000.00
Accounts: 11100.1259.15430.521240
Contract Number(s): 1481-13509
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority-and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation with a partial MWBE waiver with indirect participation.
The Interim Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: This extension and increase will allow the Office of the Medical Examiner’s Toxicology Laboratory to continue to receive post mortem samples testing services.
The Office of the Chief Procurement Officer is currently working with the Office of the Medical Examiner to complete the competitive process for a new contract.
This contract was awarded through the competitive bidding process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings/Lab Corp was the lowest, responsive and responsible bidder.
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