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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Adult Probation Department, Circuit Court of Cook County
Vendor: Technical Resource Management, LLC., dba Cordant Forensic Solutions, Denver, Colorado
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Drug Testing Services
Original Contract Period: 5/1/2018 - 4/30/2021, with two (2), one (1) year renewal options
Proposed Amendment Type: Renewal
Proposed Contract Period: Renewal period 5/1/2022 - 4/30/2023
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $1,964,357.50
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): Board, 4/25/2018, $1,964,357.50
Increase Requested: NA
Previous Board Increase(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A
Previous Board Renewals: N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Renewals: 5/1/2021 - 4/30/2022
Previous Board Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Extension(s): N/A
Potential Fiscal Impact: $175,000.00
Accounts:
11100.1280.35720.521235
11100.1280.10155.521235
11100.1280.35710.521235
Contract Number(s): 1768-16832
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via full MWBE waiver.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The Circuit Court requests a renewal of the contract with Technical Resource Management, LLC, which provides drug testing services for individuals on probation and pretrial supervision, as well as for other probationers and defendants as ordered by the court and for certain department employees. The tests primarily involve urine drops, which are observed and collected for testing by probation officers. The testing types are also being amended to include Fentanyl testing, which has become a national crisis.
Competitive bidding procedures were followed in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Technical Resources Management, LLC. was the lowest, responsive and responsible bidder.
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