File #: 22-0525    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Contract Status: Approved
File created: 11/16/2022 In control: FPD Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 12/13/2022 Final action: 12/13/2022
Title: PROPOSED CONTRACT Department(s): Department of Resource Management Vendor: Student Conservation Association, Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the 'Forest Preserves") to enter into and execute Good(s) or Service(s): Chicago Conservation Corps young adult gap year program Contract Value: Not to exceed $465,000.00 ($415,000.00 grant funding received through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ("ARPA"), plus up to $50,000.00 contingency) Contract Period: 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2024 Estimated Fiscal Impact: FY 2023 $25,000.00, FY 2024 $25,000.00 Accounts: ARPA Conservation Corps 51032.521444; Professional Services 51031.520840; and all future Co-Op Programs and Professional Services accounts Contract Number(s): #74000011523 issued under RFP #22-31-116 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 En...
Indexes: (Inactive) ARNOLD RANDALL, General Superintendent
Related files: 22-0289
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PROPOSED CONTRACT

Department(s): Department of Resource Management

Vendor: Student Conservation Association, Chicago, Illinois

Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the 'Forest Preserves") to enter into and execute

Good(s) or Service(s): Chicago Conservation Corps young adult gap year program

Contract Value: Not to exceed $465,000.00 ($415,000.00 grant funding received through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ("ARPA"), plus up to $50,000.00 contingency)

Contract Period: 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2024

Estimated Fiscal Impact: FY 2023 $25,000.00, FY 2024 $25,000.00

Accounts: ARPA Conservation Corps 51032.521444; Professional Services 51031.520840; and all future Co-Op Programs and Professional Services accounts

Contract Number(s): #74000011523 issued under RFP #22-31-116

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: The Forest Preserves issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking firm(s) to co-facilitate job training and employment programs that utilize a Conservation Corps model, with financial support provided by federal stimulus funds allocated to Cook County through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to assist the region in its recovery from the economic and health effects caused by COVID-19. Conservation Corps programs must provide participants with paid, field-based ecological restoration experiences that train participants to restore the land as directed. Programs feature environmental education and soft skills trainings to prepare participants for future employment in any field of study. This RFP partners with Cook County's Bureau of Economic Development to expand and create corps programs that benefit people who are of low income, who have suffered from historical disenfranchisement, and w...

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