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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Department of Facilities and Fleet
Vendor: Sutton Ford, Inc., Matteson, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Forest Preserves”) to enter into and execute a piggyback contract with Sutton Ford, Inc., who was awarded a contract by the City of Chicago (#101191) through a competitive process.
Good(s) or Service(s): Thirteen (13) Ford Interceptor Utility Hybrids (marked), three (3) Ford Interceptor Utility Hybrids (unmarked) and one (1) Escape Hybrid
Contract Value: $834,387.88
Contract Period: one-time purchase
Estimated Fiscal Impact: FY 2021 $834,387.88
Accounts: Vehicles and Trucks 51058.530175, 51009.540250 and 51028.520830
Contract Number(s): #74000009111
Concurrences:
The Chief Financial Officer and Chief Attorney have approved this item.
The Vehicle Steering Committee has approved the purchase of the referenced vehicles.
The Vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation.
District(s): Districtwide
Summary: The Vehicle Steering Committee (VSC) voted to decommission a total of eighteen (18) vehicles at the meeting held on 4/19/2021 and to decommission two (2) vehicles at the meeting held on 12/7/2020. At the VSC meeting held on 4/19/2021, the VSC voted to acquire a total of twenty (20) vehicles: nineteen (19) new vehicles for the Law Enforcement Department and one (1) new vehicle for the Resource Management Department.
Under this proposed contract, sixteen (16) vehicles for the Law Enforcement Department and one (1) vehicle for the Resource Management Department will be hybrid electric vehicles. The purchase of these vehicles will support the Forest Preserves sustainability goals and reduce greenhouse gas production.
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