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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Department of Facilities and Fleet
Vendor: Currie Commercial Center, Frankfort, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the "Forest Preserves") to enter into and execute a contract with Currie Commercial Center who was awarded a contract by the Suburban Purchasing Cooperative (#152) through a competitive process.
Good(s) or Service(s): Two (2) Ford Interceptor Utility Hybrids with K-9 package
Contract Value: $111,183.70
Contract Period: one-time purchase
Estimated Fiscal Impact: FY 2021 $111,183.70
Accounts: Vehicles and Trucks 51058.530175 and 51010.521313
Contract Number(s): #74000009110
Concurrences:
The Chief Financial Officer and Chief Attorney have approved this item.
The Vehicle Steering Committee has approved the purchase of the referenced vehicles.
The contract-specific Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise goal for this contract was set to zero.
District(s): Districtwide
Summary: The Vehicle Steering Committee (VSC) voted to decommission a total of eighteen (18) vehicles at the meeting held on 4/19/2021 and to decommission two (2) vehicles at the meeting held on 12/7/2020. At the VSC meeting held on 4/19/2021, the VSC voted to acquire a total of twenty (20) vehicles: nineteen (19) new vehicles for the Law Enforcement Department and one (1) new vehicle for the Resource Management Department.
The two (2) new vehicles to be purchased under this proposed contract will be assigned to support the K-9 Unit. Two (2) new Bloodhounds were acquired in September of 2020. $75,000.00 of the purchase price will be reimbursed via a Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) per the Intergovernmental Agreement with Cook County approved by the Board of Commissioners on 1/26/2021 (Board Item No. 21-0109).
Under this proposed contract, the two (2) vehicles for the Law Enforcement Department will be hybrid electric vehicles. The purchase of these vehicles will support the Fore...
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