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The mission of the Department of Contract Compliance is to certify Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises (MBE/WBEs), to ensure that all County purchases comply with the Cook County Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance, to educate County using departments and vendors on the importance and the process of complying with the Ordinance, to develop MBEs and WBEs capable of performing as primes, and to work together as a team to monitor the success of the process.

 

 

Attention Cook County Certified Vendors:

Effective February 1, 2008, MBE or WBE Certification by Cook County's Office of Contract Compliance will be active for three (3) years from the date of Certification, renewable annually via a No-Change Affidavit. The No-Change Affidavit must be filed sixty (60) days prior to the expiration date of your Certification in order to maintain your Certification eligibility.
A copy of the No-Change Affidavit is available in the MBE/WBE Certification of this site

Effective June 1, 2008,  only a Letter of Certification from one of the following entities shall be accepted as certification of MBE/WBE status:

  • County of Cook
  • Small Business Administration 8A Program
  • Illinois Unified Certification Program

or any other governmental body or agency approved by the Contract Compliance Administrator as applying certification standards substantially similar to those applied by the County of Cook may also be accepted.

 

 

Directory of Certified Vendors

Directory of Cook County Certified MBE/WBE Vendors
Online directory of all current certified MBE/WBE vendors with specialty areas and detail contact information.

 

Regulations

Cook County Regulations Governing Certification of Minority and Women Owned Businesses
(cc_MBEWBE_Cert_Regs.pdf" - 10/2008)
These regulations provide the criteria for determining a firm's eligibility for participation as a MBE/WBE in Cook County.

 

Related Links

Cook County Office of the Purchasing Agent
The office of the Purchasing Agent provides online a listing of all current bid proposals, professional service requests (RFPs), awarded bids, forms and other information about procurement in Cook County.

 

Cook County Health & Hosptials System: Purchasing
(@ cookcountyhealth.net) Provides online listing of all current, upcoming and awarded contracts for the Cook County Health & Hospitals System, as well as online vendor registration to download bid documents from this site.

Contract Compliance, Office of
Contact Information
Contact Information

Bureau Name:

Finance, Bureau of

Main Office:

118 N. Clark Street Room 1020
Chicago, Illinois 60602

Telephone: (312)603-5502
Fax: (312) 603-4547

Director:
 Betty Hancock Perry

Hours: M-F: 8.30AM-4.30PM; Sat-Sun: Closed

 

URL:

cookcountygov.com/
ContractCompliance