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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Department of Capital Planning and Policy
Vendor: The Gordian Group, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Professional Services
Contract Value: $4,192,000.00
Contract period: 8/1/2020 - 11/30/2022, with two (2) one (1) year renewal options.
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY20 $282,000.00; FY21 $977,500.00; FY22 $977,500.00; FY23 977,500.00; FY24 977,500.00
Accounts: Capital Improvement Program
Contract Number(s): 1755-16175
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The Gordian Group, as Administrator, will provide management services for the Job Order Contracting (JOC) Program. The JOC program provides an alternate procurement method that enables the County to rapidly engage multiple capital construction projects simultaneously. The JOC Program consists of the JOC administrator and JOC Construction Contractors.
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 under this contract and is only obligated to pay The Gordian Group’s fee when construction work is procured through the JOC program.
This contract was awarded through a publicly advertised Request for Proposals process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. The Gordian Group, Inc. was awarded the contract based on established evaluation criteria.
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