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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
 
Department(s):  Planning and Development
 
Vendor:  Chicago Commercial Construction, Chicago, Illinois
 
Request:  Authorization for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to extend  contract  
 
Good(s) or Service(s):  New Picnic Shelters at Rubio Woods and program shelter at the Chicago Portage Site
 
Original Contract Period:  1/16/2015 - 8/30/2015 
 
Administrative Extension:  Sixty (60) days granted by the Purchasing Agent 8/31/2015 - 10/30/2015
 
Proposed Contract Period Extension:  Two hundred seventy (270) days extension 10/31/2015 through 7/27/2016 
 
Total Current Contract Amount Authority:   $848,802.16
 
Original Approval:  12/16/2014, $848,802.16
 
Previous Increase(s):  N/A 
 
This Increase Requested:  N/A
 
Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None 
 
Accounts:  Recreation Landscape Accounts 25-6760, 51-6760, 52-6760 &54-6760
 
Contract Number(s):  Contract 13-80-02-08C1
 
Concurrences:
The Chief Financial Officer and Chief Attorney have approved this item. 
 
The Vendor has met the Minority and Women Business Enterprise Ordinance Provisions.
 
District(s):  6 and16
 
Summary:  The project will be substantially completed by the administrative extension date, but a contract extension is now required to provide additional time for contract closeout and warranty item repairs.
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