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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Capital Planning and Policy
Vendor: The Gordian Group, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Professional Services
Original Contract Period: 5/1/2012-4/30/2015 with two (2), one (1) year renewal options
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 5/1/2019-4/30/2020
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $7,050,000.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 5/14/2012, $1,050,000.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): 9/10/2014, $2,500,000.00; 5/11/2016; 5/1/2016-4/30/2017, $3,500,000.00; 3/22/2017, 5/1/2017-4/30/2018; 3/14/2018, 5/1/2018-4/30/2019
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 4/24/2015, 5/1/2015-4/30/2016
This Increase Requested: N/A
Potential Fiscal Impact: N/A
Accounts: Capital Improvement Program
Contract Number(s): 11-28-043
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via full MWBE waiver with indirect participation.
The Chief Procurement Officer Concurs.
Summary: The objective of the Job Order Contracting (JOC) program is to provide an alternate procurement method to enable the County to rapidly engage construction project simultaneously. The JOC Program is consisted of the JOC administrator and JOC Construction Contractors.
The Gordian Group is the current JOC Administrator providing management services for the JOC Program. The Gordian Group’s fee for the services provided is assessed as a percentage of the value of construction procured by the County through the JOC program. The County is under no obligation to expend any monies, and is only obligated to pay The Gordian Group’s fee when the construction work is procured through the JOC program. This extension will accommodate the time necessary for the procurement and any potential transitional period.
This contract was awarded through a publically advertised competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. The Gordian Group, Inc. was awarded based on established evaluation criteria.
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