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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Office of the General Superintendent
Vendor: Various Vendors in Facilitation and Management Coaching Pool
Contract No. Vendor Name
#74000012813 Critical Thinking Partners, LLC, Chicago, IL
#74000012814 Daylight L3C, Chicago, IL
#74000012815 KS Goins and Associates, LLC, Plainfield, IL
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the "Forest Preserves") to extend all three (3) of these contracts
Good(s) or Service(s): Facilitation and management coaching
Original Contract Period: 6/1/2023 - 5/31/2026
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 6/1/2026 - 5/31/2027
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: Not to Exceed a combined total of $450,000.00 ($150,000.00 for each vendor in pool).
Original Approval: 6/1/2023, $450,000.00
Previous Increase(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: N/A
Estimated Fiscal Impact: FY 2026 $189,534.00, FY 2027 $189,534.00 (using funds remaining on contracts)
Accounts: Professional Services 51001.520840
Contract Number(s): #74000012813, #74000012814, #74000012815
Concurrences: The Chief Financial Officer has approved this item. Final amendments are subject to legal review and approval.
The Minority- and Women-Owned Business goals are not applicable to these amendments because no goals were set on the original agreements and the amendments have no increased fiscal impact.
District(s): Districtwide
Summary: Authorization is requested to extend the contract time period for Critical Thinking Partners, LLC, Daylight L3C, and KS Goins and Associates, LLC, to allow for the continued use of their services, including, without limitation, meeting and workshop facilitation, executive coaching, and management training for staff. The proposed amendments do not increase the contract amounts. The contracts were originally awarded through the Forest Preserves' Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process. In its review and evaluation of all qualifications received...
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