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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Office of the Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County
Vendor: Ready Made Staffing, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): In-Person Foreign Language Interpreting Services
Original Contract Period: 5/1/2019 -4/30/2021, with two (2), one (1) year renewal options
Proposed Amendment Type: Renewal and Increase
Proposed Contract Period: Renewal period 5/1/2022 - 4/30/2023
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $429,070.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): Board, 4/25/2019, $280,070.00
Increase Requested: $149,975.00
Previous Board Increase(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): 8/3/2021, $149,000.00
Previous Board Renewals: N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Renewals: 8/3/2021, 5/1/2021 - 4/30/2022
Previous Board Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Extension(s): N/A
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2022 $87,485.00, FY 2023 $62,490.00
Accounts: 11100.1310.15190.520830, Professional Services
Contract Number(s): 1853-17717
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation and full WBE waiver. Prime is a MBE firm.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The Office of the Chief Judge requests that Cook County exercise the second of two, one-year renewal options available under the current contract.
This contract provides for in-person foreign language interpreter services primarily involving languages other than Spanish and Polish for persons participating in Circuit Court of Cook County proceedings. Contract services are requested whenever the court’s in-house interpreter staff is not available or the requested languages are outside staff expertise.
This contract was awarded through a publicly advertised Invitation for Bids (IFB) in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Ready Made Staffing was the lowest, responsive and responsible bidder.
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