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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Department of Facilities Management
Vendor: City Escape Garden & Design, LLC, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Landscaping Services
Contract Value: $433,035.50
Contract period: 4/1/2021 - 3/31/2024, with one (1), two (2) year renewal option
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY2021 $96,224.00, FY2022 $144,336.00, FY2023 $144,336.00, FY2024 $48,139.50
Accounts: 11100.1200.12355.520390
Contract Number(s): 2045-18213B
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The Department of Facilities Management requests authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute a contract with City Escape Garden & Design, LLC for landscaping services at various Cook County facilities.
In accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code, the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer issued a publicly advertised competitive bid for Landscaping Services for the North and South Zones. Accordingly, the bid said bidders can bid on one or both Zones so that up to two awards could be made. City Escape Garden & Design, LLC was the lowest, responsive, and responsible bidder for Landscaping Services for the South Zone. end