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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Risk Management
Vendor: Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Unemployment Compensation Claims Program Services
Contract Value: $165,000.00
Contract period: 10/1/2019 - 9/30/2022 with two (2) one-year renewal options
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2020 $55,000.00, FY 2021 $55,000.00, FY 2022 $55,000.00
Accounts: 11000.1490.520835
Contract Number(s): 1853-17620
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The Department of Risk Management is requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute a contract with Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. This contract with Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. is intended to provide Unemployment Compensation Claims Program Services. The vendor collaborates with County employers to ensure unemployment claims, hearings, and benefit charges are handled in a timely and cost-effective manner. The vendor also verifies invoices from the State before Cook County proceeds with the quarterly State reimbursement of charges.
This contract is awarded through Request for Proposals (RFP) procedures in accordance with Cook County Procurement Code. Sedgwick was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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