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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Planning and Development
Vendor: URS Corporation Inc, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to extend contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Thorn Creek Bicycle Trail Extension Phase III engineering
Original Contract Period: Three hundred sixty five (365) days from Notice to Proceed 6/2/2014 - 6/2/2015
Administrative Extension: N/A
Proposed Contract Period Extension: Three hundred sixty five (365) day extension retroactive from 6/03/2015 - 6/2/2016
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $454,781.62
Original Approval: 2/4/2013, $454,781.62
Previous Increase(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: N/A
Estimated Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: Consulting Account, 51-6740 and Grant Account, 10-6240
Contract Number(s): 06-80-03
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): 5 and 6
Summary: This contract extension is required to oversee the related Stage I and Stage II construction contracts. Stage I construction, now substantially complete and open to the public, was delayed due to weather. Stage II construction, which added trail mileage and the construction of a railroad underpass, was delayed due to extended negotiations and approvals with the railroad.
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