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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Risk Management
Vendor: Caremark PCS Health, LLC, Scottsdale, Arizona
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Pharmacy Benefits Manager
Original Contract Period: 12/1/2018 - 11/30/2021, with two (2), one (1) year renewal options
Proposed Amendment Type: Renewal and Increase
Proposed Contract Period: Renewal period 12/1/2022 - 11/30/2023
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $321,000,000.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): Board, 11/14/2018, $225,000,000.00
Increase Requested: $106,120,484.00
Previous Board Increase(s): 11/4/2021, $96,000,000.00
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A
Previous Board Renewals: 11/4/2021, 12/01/2021 - 11/30/2022
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 $106,120,484.00
Accounts: 11250.1021.10155.501715.00000.00000
Contract Number(s): 1830-17125
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via full MBE/WBE waiver.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The Department of Risk Management respectfully submits this item requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract # 1830-17125 with Caremark PCS Health, LLC (Caremark). Caremark provides group pharmacy benefits to all members and their dependents covered by health plans administered by the Department of Risk Management. The proposed amendment will allow the County to exercise the second of two, one-year options for renewal. Contract #1830-17125 was originally awarded through the Joint Procurement Request for Proposals (RFP) pursuant to Section 34-142 of the Procurement Code, and the Government Joint Purchasing Act, 30 ILCS 525 and was approved by the Cook County Board of Commission...
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