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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Cook County Health and Hospitals System; State’s Attorney’s Office
Vendor: Nationwide Credit & Collections, Inc., Oak Brook, Illinois.
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Debt Collection Services
Original Contract Period: 2/1/2015-1/30/20 with one (1), one (1) year renewal option
Proposed Amendment Type: Extension
Proposed Contract Period: 2/1/2021-1/31/2022
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: Revenue Generating Contract
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): Board, 1/21/2015
Increase Requested: N/A
Previous Board Increase(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A
Previous Board Renewals: N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Renewals: 2/1/2020-1/31/2021
Previous Board Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Extension(s): N/A
Potential Fiscal Impact: Revenue Generating Contract
Accounts: N/A
Contract Number(s): 1490-13840C
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: This contract extension will allow the continuation of debt collection services. The vendor will provide comprehensive debt collection services on behalf of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office on outstanding accounts classified as uncollectible by the Cook County Health and Hospitals System.
The contract was awarded through the Request for Proposals (RFP) process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Nationwide Credit & Collections, Inc. was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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