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PROPOSED CONTRACT (TECHNOLOGY)
Department(s): Bureau of Technology
Vendor: Clarity Partners, LLC, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Website Hosting and Support
Contract Value: $10,372,044.00
Contract period: 12/20/2021 -12/19/2026 with two (2) - one (1) year renewal options
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY22-$2,202,404.50; FY23-$2,202,404.50; FY24- $1,677,275.00; FY 25- $1,677,275.00; FY26- $1,712,685.00
Accounts: BOT: 11000.1490.15050.540137 ($409,000)
Assessor: 11000.1040.15050.520830 ($516,000)
County Clerk: 11000.1110.10155.540149 ($285,000)
State’s Attorney: 11100.1250.14245.540135 ($85,575)
Contract Number(s): 2112-06151
Concurrence(s):
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation. The prime is a certified MBE.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
The Chief Information Officer has reviewed this item and concurs with this recommendation
Summary: The Bureau of Technology partnered with various County offices to deliver new websites. This includes the County’s main website (www.cookcountyil.gov) which covers Offices under the President, Board of Review, Emergency Management and Regional Security, Public Defender and the State’s Attorney. The leveraged shared services provide a more centralized approach to delivering website content, reduces the number of site instances, promotes more uniform security practices and helps drive down costs. This agreement is aligned to the Bureau of Technology’s guiding principles: shared-first, sustainability, leveraging a Countywide standard along with reuse before buy, and buy before build. A key benefit of this agreement would allow offices like the Assessor and Clerk to take advantage of secure platforms for hosting and delivering content on their websites.
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