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PROPOSED AUTHORITY TO EXERCISE CONTRACT EXTENSION OPTIONS
Department(s): Legal Department
Vendor(s):
Ancel Glink, PC, Chicago, Illinois
Burke, Burns & Pinelli, Chicago, Illinois
Burke, Warren, & MacKay, Chicago, Illinois
Caminer Law, LLC, Chicago, Illinois
Chapman & Cutler, LLC, Chicago Illinois
Del Galdo Law Group, LLC, Berwyn, Illinois
Foley and Lardner, LLP, Chicago, Illinois
Franczek, PC, Chicago, Illinois
Golden, Holley, James, LLP, Chicago, Illinois
Hardwick Firm, LLC, Chicago, Illinois
Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP, Chicago, Illinois
Jackson Lewis, PC, Chicago, Illinois
Katten, Muchin, Rosenman, LLP, Chicago, Illinois
Klein, Thorpe, & Jenkins, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois
Miner, Barnhill, and Galland, PC, Chicago, Illinois
Neal & Leroy, LLC, Chicago, Illinois
Odelson, Murphey, Frazier, & McGrath, LTD, Evergreen Park, Illinois
Sanchez, Daniels, & Hoffman, LLP, Chicago, Illinois
Schain, Banks, Kenney, & Schwartz, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois
Tristan & Cervantes, LLC, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the "Forest Preserves") to extend and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Legal services from outside legal counsel to be performed within the following categories of matters: Litigation, Labor & Employment, Land Use, Workers' Compensation, General Local Government Law, Municipal Finance, and Workplace Investigations.
Original Contract Period: 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2026 with two (2) optional one-year extensions
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 1/1/2027-12/31/2028
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $3,450,000.00
Original Approval: 11/14/2023, $3,450,000.00
Previous Increase(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: Not to Exceed $2,300,000.00
Estimated Fiscal Impact: FY 2027 $1,150,000.00, FY 2028 $1,150,000.00
Accounts: Corporate 51001.521055; Self-Insurance 51011.580011; and Real Estate 51006.521055
Contract Number(s): #23-60-009615
Concurrences: The Chief Financial Officer and Chief Atto...
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