Contract Summary: Fifth Third Bank Payment Processing Agreement
August 2, 2013
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The Frame
This contract established the payment processing infrastructure for the City of Chicago Department of Revenue during the 2007-2012 period, which managed how the city collected funds.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Fifth Third Bank
The vendor responsible for providing payment processing services to the city.
City of Chicago Department of Revenue
The agency responsible for overseeing the payment processing agreement.
Vantiv LLC
The entity that received the transfer of payment processing services from Fifth Third Bank.
Last recorded activity August 2, 2013.
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Summary
Key Facts
- Contract number 14784 was established for professional services consulting.
- The contract was managed by the City of Chicago Department of Revenue.
- The contract start date was June 4, 2007.
- The contract end date was January 12, 2012.
- The contract was approved on August 2, 2013.
- The agreement involved a transfer of services to Vantiv LLC under Purchase Order 26134.
- The award amount is listed as $0, indicating this may be a master service agreement or a fee-based processing contract rather than a direct grant.
Frequently Asked Questions
What was the purpose of this contract?
Is Fifth Third Bank still the payment processor for the city under this contract?
Why It Matters
This contract established the payment processing infrastructure for the City of Chicago Department of Revenue during the 2007-2012 period, which managed how the city collected funds.
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Service Transition
The contract explicitly notes a transfer of services to Vantiv LLC, indicating a change in the city's payment processing vendor during the contract lifecycle.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance30How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz5Current news / social attention level
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