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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): County Clerk
Vendor: Alexander Kantas Consulting, Oak Lawn, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Software Testing Service
Original Contract Period: 9/1/2021 - 8/31/2022, [with one (1) year renewal option]
Proposed Amendment Type: Increase
Proposed Contract Period: N/A
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $100,000.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): Procurement, 3/9/2022, $100,000.00
Increase Requested: $100,000.00
Previous Board Increase(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A
Previous Board Renewals: N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Renewals: 9/1/2022 - 8/31/2023
Previous Board Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Extension(s): N/A
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2023 $100,000.00
Accounts: 11314.1110.18675.520840 (Professional Services)
Contract Number(s): 2105-09242
Concurrences:
The contract-specific goal set on this contract was zero.
Chief Procurement Officer concurs
Summary: This increase will allow the Cook County Clerk’s Office to continue to receive Software Testing Services. The consultant has many years of experience with Land Record Management (LRM) System and has previously written specs, work-flows, test plans, and training materials for the design of the County Recorder of Deed’s Office. The vendor is intimately familiar with the business processes of the operation, as well as with the shortcomings of the system being replaced by the project that is requiring the proposed contract.
This is a Sole Source Procurement pursuant to Section 34-139 of the Cook County Procurement Code.
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