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PROPOSED CONTRACT (TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS)
Department(s): Transportation and Highways
Vendor: Parsons Transportation Group Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute contract.
Good(s) or Service(s): Cottage Grove Grade Separation (CREATE G23a) Preliminary Engineering Services
Location: Commissioner District 5
Section: 23-CGAGS-00-RR
Contract Value: $2,300,927.00
Contract period: 5/1/2024 - 4/30/2027
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2024 $750,000.00; FY 2025 $750,000.00; FY2026 $500,000.00; FY 2027 $300,927.00
Accounts: Motor Fuel Tax Fund: 11300.1500.29150.521536
Contract Number(s): 2385-02090A
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via: Direct participation.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The Department of Transportation and Highways respectfully requests approval of the proposed Contract between Cook County and Parsons Transportation Group Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
This contract will prepare a preliminary engineering and environmental (Phase I) study which will seek to eliminate the at-grade crossing of Cottage Grove Avenue and the four Indiana Harbor Belt (IHB) and CSX railroad tracks located within the Village of Dolton. Both overpass and underpass alternatives, as well as a No Build alternative will be evaluated as part of this study. This project is part of the Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) program and its CREATE designation is “GS23a”.
This contract is awarded pursuant to a publicly advertised Request for Qualifications (RFQ) in accordance with Cook County Procurement Code. Parsons Transportation Group Inc., was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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