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PROPOSED PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ITEM AMENDMENT
Department: Department of Planning & Development
Request: to amend a previously approved board item, originally approved on 1/14/2014, to delete the stricken language in the original board item Summary below
Item Number: Previously approved item 14-0009
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Account(s): N/A
Summary: The original language approved on 1/14/2014, requested authority to enter into and execute contracts with specified contractors under Cook County's Job Order Contracting (JOC) Program. The original language required all projects of $25,000 or more to go through a second round bidding process, except for projects approved on an emergency basis. District staff is now seeking to amend the original language contained in the board item "Summary" section to remove the required second round bidding process. This amendment will expedite procurement of time-sensitive construction projects. The amended "Summary" section will read as follows:
"On 3/11/2013, the Cook County Board approved contracts with the contractors listed above under its Job Order Contracting ("JOC") Program following a competitive bid process (RFQ 12-28-340). The District is seeking to procure similar construction services in certain cases to expedite projects under its capital improvement programs, pursuant to Section 1-8-2(X) of the District Code. Section 1-8-2(X) states: "If a governmental agency has awarded a contract through a competitive method for the same or similar supplies, equipment, goods or services as that sought by the District, the Procurement may be made from that vendor at a price or rate at least as favorable as that obtained by that government agency without utilizing a competitive procurement method set forth in the Procurement Code."
JOC is a quantity-based procurement process that allows facility owners to complete a multitude of repair and maintenance and construction projects with a single, comp...
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