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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Risk Management
Vendor: Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Unemployment Compensation Claims Program Services
Original Contract Period: 10/1/2019 - 9/30/2022 with two (2) one-year renewal options
Proposed Amendment Type: Renewal and Increase
Proposed Contract Period: 10/1/2022 - 9/30/2024
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $165,000.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): Board, 7/25/2019, $165,000.00
Increase Requested: $110,000.00
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 2023 $55,000.00, FY 2024 $55,000.00
Accounts: 11000.1490.13385.520830
Contract Number(s): 1853-17620
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs
Summary: This increase and renewal will allow the Department of Risk Management to continue to support Unemployment Compensation Claims Program Services including collaboration with County employers to ensure unemployment claims, hearings, and benefit charges are handled in a timely and cost-effective manner. Sedgwick also assists with the verification of State invoices before Cook County proceeds with the quarterly State reimbursement of charges.
This contract was awarded through a publicly advertised Request for Proposals (RFP) in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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