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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Department of Facilities Management
Vendor: Graybar Electric Company, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri.
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Electrical Products and Supplies
Original Contract Period: 7/1/2016 - 6/30/2018, with two (2), one (1) year renewal options
Proposed Amendment Type: Renewal and Increase
Proposed Contract Period: 7/1/2019 - 6/30/2020
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $650,000.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 6/8/2016, $400,000.00
Increase Requested: $200,000.00
Previous Board Increase(s): 5/16/2018, $250,000.00]
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A]
Previous Board Renewals: 5/16/2018, 7/1/2018 through 6/30/2019
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Renewals: N/A]
Previous Board Extension(s): N/A]
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Extension(s): N/A]
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2019 $83,338.00, FY 2020 $116,662.00
Accounts: 11100.1200.530188 - Ins. supplies
Contract Number(s): 1585-14921
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 and final of two (2), one (1) year renewal options will allow the Department of Facilities Management to continue to receive electrical products and supplies for various Cook County Facilities.
This is a Comparable Government Procurement pursuant Section 34-140 of the Procurement Code. Graybar Electric Company, Inc. was previously awarded a contract through a Request for Proposals (RFP) process through U.S. Communities, a national government purchasing cooperative sponsored by the National Association of Counties (NACo) and the National Institute of Government Purchasing (NIGP), and in cooperation with the County of Los Angeles. U.S. Communities is a group of purchasing organization which services public agencies, and its procurements are led by public procurement agencies. Cook County wishes to leverage this procurement effort.
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