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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Office of the General Superintendent
Vendor: Northwestern University - Center for Public Safety, Evanston, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to extend contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Northwestern University - Center for Public Safety is conducting a study to document the physiological benefits of spending time in nature.
Original Contract Period: 5/1/2016 - 4/30/2017; 60 day administrative extension 5/1/2017 - 6/29/2017
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 6/30/2017, retroactive - 12/31/2017
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $5,000.00
Original Approval: 5/1/2016, $5,000.00
Previous Increase(s): $0
This Increase Requested: $0
Estimated Fiscal Impact: N/A
Accounts: Consulting and Management Services 51001.520850
Contract Number(s): 15-10-001 (Next Century Conservation Plan Launch Early Action Plans); Walking Green: Developing an evidence-base for Nature Prescriptions
Concurrences:
The Chief Financial Officer and Chief Attorney have approved this item.
District(s): Districtwide
Summary: An extension is required due to the difficulty in attracting male candidates for the study. The protocol is very time consuming and over the course of a month, participants put in about 23 hours. The Preserves awarded funding for this project in 2015 after an RFP process which was posted on the Preserves’ website. Northwestern University and its partners are contributing $64,017.00 to the project.
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