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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Legal Department
Vendor: Rising Medical Solutions, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Forest Preserves”) to extend contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Workers’ Compensation Administration Services contract
Original Contract Period: 1/1/2020 - 12/31/2022 with two (2) one-year renewal options
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2024
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $750,000.00
Original Approval: 12/17/2019, $750,000.00
Previous Increase(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: N/A
Estimated Fiscal Impact: N/A
Accounts: Workers’ Compensation 51011.580111
Contract Number(s): #74000007117
Concurrences:
The Chief Financial Officer has approved this item. Final amendment is subject to legal review and approval.
The Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance provisions are not applicable as there is no increase in contract value.
District(s): Districtwide
Summary: On 10/24/2019, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved contract #1944-17617 with Rising Medical Solutions, Chicago, Illinois following a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Workers’ Compensation Administration Services (the “County Contract”). On 12/17/2019, the Forest Preserves Board of Commissioners authorized the Forest Preserves to piggyback off the County Contract (Board Item No. 19-0450).
On 10/20/2022, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved a two-year extension of the County Contract. The Forest Preserves now seeks authorization to extend its piggyback contract for the same services for a two-year period as well. Contract services include Medical Bill Review/Repricing Services, Utilization Review, Case Management Services, Independent Medical Examinations, Recorded Statements and Surveillance, Durable Medical Equipment, Pharmacy Benefit Manager and Vocational Rehabilitation Placement Service.
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