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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Department of Facilities and Fleet
Vendor: Atlas Bobcat, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Forest Preserves”) to execute a parts and service contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Parts and service for Bobcat brand equipment owned by the Forest Preserves
Contract Value: $150,000.00
Contract Period: 3/1/2021 - 2/29/2024
Estimated Fiscal Impact: FY 2021 $33,000.00, FY 2022 $50,000.00, FY 2023 $50,000.00, FY 2024 $17,000.00
Accounts: Professional Services 29275.540250
Contract Number(s): 74000008799
Concurrences:
The Chief Financial Officer has approved this item. Final agreement 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: A solicitation was issued in 2020 for parts only, specific to Bobcat brand OEM parts. The selected bidder was an entity with which the Forest Preserves did not have experience and to date such vendor has performed unsatisfactorily. To remedy this situation, the Forest Preserves is recommending an agreement with Atlas Bobcat, who also responded to the solicitation and with whom the Forest Preserves has had positive experiences in the past.
Additional to this contract request is repair services, which was not part of the original scope of the solicitation. The Forest Preserves requests the addition of such services on a sole source basis. The proposed vendor is an authorized service center for Bobcat brand equipment. The Forest Preserves’ Facilities and Fleet Department manages the repair and maintenance needs for approximately eighty (80) different pieces of Bobcat equipment to support our construction and land management efforts.
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