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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Animal and Rabies Control (“ARC”)
Vendor: Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation, Dundee, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Otter Research Project
Contract Value: $495,883.00
Contract period: 1/1/2020 - 12/31/2024
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2020 $97,312.00, FY 2021 $99,293.00, FY 2022 $99,954.00, FY 2023 $99,842.00, FY 2024 $99,482.00.
Accounts: 11312.1510.33925.521314
Contract Number(s): 1923-18082
Concurrences:
The contract-specific goal set on this contract was zero.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: This contract will allow ARC to have Max McGraw begin longitudinal study of the population of river otters in Cook County waterways, their growth in population over five years and the diseases they carry, including rabies, which can be spread to humans and other animals.
This contract is awarded as a Sole Source procurement pursuant to Section 34-139 of the Cook County Procurement Code.
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