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CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Cook County Public Defender’s Office
Vendor: Safer Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Bond Court Backlog Specialists
Original Contract Period: 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2021, with two (2), one (1) year renewal options
Proposed Amendment Type: Renewal and Increase
Proposed Contract Period: Renewal period 1/1/2022-12/31/2022
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $1,345,489.60
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): Board of Commissioners 12/12/2018, $1,345,489.60
Increase Requested: $473,000.00
Previous Board Increase(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A
Previous Board Renewals: N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Office Renewals: N/A
Previous Board Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Extension(s): N/A
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2022 $473,000.00
Accounts: 11100.1260.10155.521300
Contract Number(s): 1823-17607
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via full MWBE waiver.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
The Chief Information Officer has reviewed this item and concurs with this recommendation.
Summary: The Public Defender’s Office is requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to increase and exercise the first of two (2) one-year renewal options for a contract with the Safer Foundation to provide bond court backlog specialists.
This contract was awarded through a publicly advertised competitive bidding process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Safer Foundation was the lowest, responsive and responsible bidder.
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