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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Planning and Development
Vendor: CDM Smith, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (“CDBG-DR”) Technical Assistance Project
Original Contract Period: 6/29/2016 - 12/31/2019
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 6/29/2016 - 12/31/2019
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $1,997,184.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 6/29/2016, $1,997,184.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: $1,004,510.61
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2019 - No fiscal impact; funded by a HUD Grant
Accounts: 11900.1013.50685.520830
Contract Number(s): 1685-15562
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.
Summary: This increase will allow the Department of Planning and Development to continue to administer Cook County’s $83.6 Million grant from the United States Office of Housing and Urban Development in the continued implementation of the Cook County Disaster Recovery Program.
This contract was awarded as a Comparable Government Procurement pursuant to Section 34-140 of the Cook County Procurement Code. CDM Smith, Inc. was previously awarded a contract by the City of Minot, North Dakota through a Request for Proposals (RFP) process. Cook County wishes to leverage this procurement effort.
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