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PROPOSED CONTRACT (TECHNOLOGY)
Department(s): County Clerk
Vendor: Data Defenders, LLC, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Forensic Analysis of Election Equipment
Contract Value: $374,398.00
Contract period: 12/1/2018 - 11/30/2020, with two (2) one-year renewal options
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2019 $175,480.00, FY 2020 $198,918.00
Accounts: 11306.1110.35165.520840.00000.00000
Contract Number(s): 1735-16707
Concurrence(s):
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation.
The Interim Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
The Chief Information Officer concurs.
Summary: The County Clerk’s Office is requesting for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute a contract with Data Defenders, LLC. Data Defenders, LLC will be tasked with verifying the software version in use during elections is the same software version that was certified by the Illinois State Board of Elections and that no errant code or vulnerability was apparent on any component part of the electronic voting system.
This contract is awarded through a publicly advertised Request for Proposals (RFP) process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. The Evaluation Committee recommended Data Defenders, LLC for contract award based on established evaluation criteria.
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