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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Resource Management
Vendor: Semper Fi Land Services, Aurora, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserve of Cook County (the “Forest Preserves”) to extend contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Green Lake Savanna tree thinning
Original Contract Period: 12/12/2017 - 4/30/2018, sixty (60) day administrative extension 5/1/2018 - 6/29/2018
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 6/30/2018, retroactive - 6/29/2019
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $68,720.00
Original Approval: N/A, the initial contract did not require approval by the Board of Commissioners because it did not exceed $150,000.00 or one (1) year in length
Previous Increase(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: N/A
Estimated Fiscal Impact: FY 2018 $34,360.00, FY 2019 $34,360.00
Accounts: Habitat Enhancement 51009.521452 and 51058.521452, Habitat Restoration 51009.521444 and 51058.521444, EAB Tree Removal 51009.521456 and 51058.521456, Potential Grant Match and Work Fund 51009.521440, Grant 51010.29962
Contract Number(s): 17-31-120
Concurrences:
The Chief Financial Officer and Chief Attorney have approved this item.
District(s): 4
Summary: This is an amendment for an extension of time only. Said extension causes the overall project timing to exceed the term threshold for the contract, and it is now therefore being brought before the Board of Commissioners. The initial contract did not require approval by the Board of Commissioners because it did not exceed $150,000.00 or 1 year in length.
Contract #17-31-120 consists of approximately 32.2 acres of tree thinning across two work zones in accordance with the Forest Preserves specifications at Green Lake Savanna in Calumet City, Illinois. This work expands the footprint of similar work which was completed to the north of the project area in the winter of 2014-15. The project is being funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Approximately twenty (20) acres remain on the project. The Forest Preserves is requesting an additional twelve (12) month contract extension to complete the work.
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