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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:

  • We have updated our list of pre-qualified firms for RFQ 11-88-039Q--Exterior Walls and Enclosure Inspection Services

 Prequalified Firms List, RFQ 11-88-039Q

  • 2012 Vendor Workshops: Space is very limited for the 2012 Doing Business with Cook County vendor workshops, to be held each quarter in our offices at 118 N. Clark Street, Room 1018 from 2-3:30pm.  The workshops will review Cook County procurement processes for common service and commodity areas.  Please register while space is available using the links below; only registered individuals will be admitted to the workshop.

March 21, 2012--General Procurement with Cook County (Registration is full)

June 13, 2012--Professional Services (Registration is full)

September 12, 2012--Commodities, Supplies, and Equipment (Registration is full)

December 12, 2012--Construction

  • Please review the County's Buying Plan for upcoming procurement opportunities in the next year.  This document will updated periodically and provided on this site. 

  • 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.
  • The new Cook County Procurement Code was unanimously approved by the Cook County Board of Commissioners at the September 7th Board Meeting. The New Procurement Code will improve the efficiency, enhance procurement process transparency, facilitate the implementation of best practices, maximize value, and  facilitate the participation by MWBE certified firms.
  • 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

  •  ERP vendor contact information has been posted from the May 13th Cook County Information Technology Meet & Greet.  Please visit our ERP page at http://cookcountyil.gov/ERP and access this information near the bottom of the page under "Additional Documents". 

 

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.

 

Purchasing Agent, Office of the
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:
 Maria de Lourdes Coss, CPPO

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

 

2012 holidays and shutdown days:
1/2—New Year's Day (observed)
1/16—Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
2/13—Lincoln’s Birthday
2/20—Washington’s Birthday
3/5—Casimir Pulaski Day
5/28—Memorial Day
7/4—Independence Day
9/3—Labor Day
10/8—Columbus Day
11/12—Veterans Day
11/22—Thanksgiving
11/23—Shutdown Day
12/25—Christmas 

URL:
cookcountyil.gov/
Purchasing