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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office
Vendor: We Type, LLC, Boca Raton, Florida
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase the contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Transcription Services
Original Contract Period: 10/14/2018 - 10/13/2020, with two (2), one (1) year renewal options
Proposed Amendment Type: Renewal and Increase
Proposed Contract Period: 10/14/2020 - 10/13/2021
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $112,992.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): Procurement: 9/17/2018, $112,992.00
Increase Requested: $60,000.00
Previous Board Increase(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A
Previous Board Renewals: N/A
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 2020 $7,500.00, FY 2021 $52,500.00
Accounts: 11100.1259.17140.521020
Contract Number(s): 1735-16676
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: This increase and first of two (2), one (1) year renewal options will allow the Medical Examiner’s Office to continue to receive transcription services that the pathologists use to transcribe their autopsy reports on a daily basis.
This contract was awarded through a publicly advertised competitive bidding process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. We Type Transcription, LLC was the lowest, responsive and responsible bidder.
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