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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Department of Landscape Maintenance
Vendor: Groot Industries, Inc., Elk Grove, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Forest Preserves”) to extend and increase the Groot Industries, Inc. contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Provide Refuse Disposal Sites for Region 3 (North/Northwest Region), North Branch and Northwest Divisions
Original Contract Period: 3/1/2016 - 2/28/2019; Board Approved Extension 3/1/2019 - 2/28/2020; Board Approved Extension 2/29/2020 - 2/28/2021
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 3/1/2021 - 8/31/2021
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $156,000.00 for sixty (60) months
Original Approval: 2/9/2016, $90,000.00
Previous Increase(s): 3/1/2019, $33,000.00; 2/29/2020, $33,000.00
This Increase Requested: $18,500.00
Estimated Fiscal Impact: FY 2021 $18,500.00
Accounts: Refuse Disposal 51001.520050
Contract Number(s): #74000003108 issued under RFP 15-52-207 (R)
Concurrences:
The Chief Financial Officer has approved this item. Final amendment is subject to legal review and approval.
The Vendor has met the Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via full MWBE waiver, approved by the Cook County Waiver Committee.
District(s): 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17
Summary: The Forest Preserves is requesting that its contract with Groot Industries, Inc., be extended and increased for Region 3 which consists of the North Branch and Northwest Divisions. During this extension the price will increase from $49.86 per ton to $50.00 per ton. The original contract was a three (3) year contract with two (2), one-year renewal options, ending with the start of the 2021 season. Due to COVID-19, the Forest Preserves has had limited ability to obtain reasonable bids for Refuse Disposal Sites for the 2021 season. In 2021, the Forest Preserves intends to go out for bid for a new contract.
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