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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Department of Budget & Management Services
Vendor: Grant Thornton, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Consultant to assist the County with gathering requirements for a new County budgeting system and to assist DBMS through the RFP process for the new system
Original Contract Period: 6/15/2022 - 8/14/2022 with two (2) one-year renewal options
Proposed Amendment Type: Renewal and Increase
Proposed Contract Period: 8/15/2022 - 8/14/2023
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $148,161.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): N/A
Increase Requested: $910,000.00
Previous Board Increase(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A
Previous Board Renewals: N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Renewals: N/A
Previous Board Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Extension(s): N/A
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2022: $289,000.00; FY 2023: $621,000.00
Accounts: 11000.1490.11030.520830
Contract Number(s): 2207-05112
Concurrences:
The contract-specific goal set on this contract was zero.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: Request for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase the contract with Grant Thornton for consulting services to assist DBMS in identifying a new budget planning and forecasting system for the County and assist DBMS through the RFP process to procure such new budget system.
The original contract was a Comparable Government Procurement pursuant to Section 34-140 of the Cook County Procurement Code. Grant Thornton was previously awarded a contract by the State of Texas through a Request for Offer process. Cook County wishes to leverage this procurement effort.
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