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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
 
Department(s):  Planning & Development 
 
Vendor:  Chicago Commercial Construction, Chicago, Illinois 
 
Request:  Authorization for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to extend  contract  
 
Good(s) or Service(s):  Orland Grasslands Site Improvements 
 
Original Contract Period:  Two hundred ten (210) days from Notice to Proceed 1/16/2015 - 8/14/2015 
 
Administrative Extension:  Sixty (60) days extension granted by the Purchasing Agent 8/15/2015 - 10/14/2015 
 
Proposed Contract Period Extension:  Two hundred seventy (270) day extension 10/15/2015 -7/11/2016  
 
Total Current Contract Amount Authority:   $4,459,605.93
 
Original Approval:  12/16/2014, $319,595.46
 
Previous Increase(s):   N/A 
 
This Increase Requested:   N/A
 
Estimated Fiscal Impact:   None
 
Accounts:  Recreation Landscape Accounts, 25-6760, 51-6760, 52-6760 and 54-6760
 
Contract Number(s):  13-80-02-05C3
 
Concurrences:
The Chief Financial Officer and Chief Attorney have approved this item. 
 
The Vendor has met the Minority and Women Business Enterprise Ordinance Provisions
 
District(s): 17 
 
Summary:  The project will be substantially completed by the administrative extension date, but a contract extension is now required to provide additional time for interpretive signs approval, fabrication, installation, contract closeout and warranty item repairs
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