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Our mission is to procure quality goods and services for Cook County agencies at the best price by promoting competition and implementing best practices.

 

To achieve this goal, the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer is committed to implementing open and transparent procurement methods to promote maximum vendor participation while leveraging overall County volume to achieve lower costs.
 

 Recent purchasing news:

  • Please register to join us for the 2013 Vendor Fair at the UIC Forum on Monday, June 24, 2013 to learn about contracting opportunities with several Cook County and City of Chicago agencies.
  • We will be hosting monthly Doing Business with Cook County workshops to assist vendors with understanding various aspects of public procurement. The training sessions will be held in the Bid Room on the 10th Floor of the County Building at 118 N. Clark Street.  Please click the link above for more information and to enroll.
  • Please read the following Notification of Duty to Report letter regarding Cook County vendor responsibilities to report corruption, political discrimination, and other criminal activities.
  • We have finalized our list of prequalified firms for architecture and engineering, program management, and construction management services.  This list will also be posted on our "Doing Business with Cook County" webpage.
  • The County's 2013 Buying Plan is being drafted.  Please continue to check back for updates.  The plan will always be available from the "Annual Buying Plan" link to the right.
  • The Cook County Open Data website was launched to create transparency and accessibility to Cook County data.  Inlcuded among these sets of data are contract awards from the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, which will continue to be updated with new awards.
  • How are we doing? Please take our brief survey to provide feedback and recommendations for improving service and value to the vendor community.

 Cook County Board approves Resolution 11-R-86 in support of NIGP Guiding Principles for purchasing professionals.Resolution 11-R-86

 

Countywide Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Request for Information (RFI) #11-50-051, was issued by the Cook County Office of the Chief Procurement Officer on February 3, 2011, for the countywide Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System and the related System Integration Services.

 

More information can be found on the project site at: http://cookcountyil.gov/ERP

  

Additional links: 

  • Cook County Office of Contract Compliance

    Administers the County's Minority Business Enterprise/Women's Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) programs.

  • Forest Preserve District of Cook County
    The Forest Preserve District of Cook County  provides an online listing of current procurementopportunities and and other information regardingprocurement with the Forest Preserve District.

  • Cook County Health and Hospitals System (CCHS)
    CCHS is a Cook County agency with purchasing authority.  A listing of current procurement opportunities and other contract information related to the health and hospital system in available at their website.

 

Procurement, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer
Agency Contact Information Portlet  
Contact Information
Contact Information

Bureau Name:

Finance, Bureau of

Main Office:

118 N. Clark Street Room 1018
Chicago, Illinois 60602

Telephone: (312) 603-5370
Fax: (312) 603-4477

Director:
 Shannon E. Andrews

Hours: M-F: 9AM-5PM; Sat-Sun: Closed

 

2013 holidays and shutdown days:
1/1—New Year's Day
1/21—Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
2/12—Lincoln’s Birthday
2/18—Washington’s Birthday
3/4—Casimir Pulaski Day
5/27—Memorial Day
7/4—Independence Day
9/2—Labor Day
10/14—Columbus Day
11/11—Veterans Day
11/28—Thanksgiving
12/25—Christmas 

URL:
cookcountyil.gov/
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