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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Planning & Development
Vendor: The Lakota Group, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to amend the scope and increase the amount of an existing contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Planning, architectural & engineering services for gateway plans and design guidelines
Original Contract Period: 4/14/2015 - 9/30/2017
Proposed Contract Period Extension: N/A
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $230,324.00
Original Approval: 4/14/2015, $226,624.00
Previous Increase(s): 9/24/2015, $3,700.00
This Increase Requested: $51,000.00
Estimated Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: 10-6740, General Consulting Services Grant Account
Contract Number(s): 15-80-09
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): 4, 9 and 11
Summary: The District has been awarded grant funding from the Forest Preserve Foundation for design services for three additional gateway sites located in the City of Chicago at Caldwell Woods, Dan Ryan Woods and Eggers Grove. The original scope of work was funded primarily through a grant from the Cook County Department of Public Health that restricted locations to suburban Cook County.
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