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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Department of Resource Management
Vendor: Chicago Department of Transportation, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the "Forest Preserves") to extend and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Greencorps Chicago Program
Original Contract Period: 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2024
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2026
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $1,350,000.00 ($1,300,000.00 grant funding received through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ("ARPA"), plus up to $50,000.00 contingency)
Original Approval: 12/13/2022, $1,350,000.00
Previous Increase(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: Not to exceed $200,000.00 (to be fully funded by additional ARPA grant funding)
Estimated Fiscal Impact: FY 2025 $50,000.00 (unexpended contingency, per original approval)
Accounts: ARPA Conservation Corps 51032.521444; Professional Services 51034.520840; and all future Professional Services accounts
Contract Number(s): #74000011524 issued under RFP #22-31-116
Concurrences: The Chief Financial Officer has approved this item. Final amendment is subject to legal review and approval.
The contract-specific Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise goal for this contract was set to zero.
District(s): Districtwide
Summary: On June 11, 2024, the Forest Preserves Board of Commissioners approved the receipt of $562,833.00 in additional American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 grant funding (Board Item No. 24-0245) to expand Conservation Corps job training and employment programs through 2025. As such, the three (3) contracts for Conservation Corps service providers awarded to fulfill the ARPA requirements (Board Item Nos. 22-0524, 22-0525, and 22-0526) must now subsequently be amended to extend each contract, and increase the authority awarded to each vendor due to the allocation of these new funds. These programs were solicited via a public Request for Proposa...
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