Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Daniel T. Belville, Director
Subject: Approval for an Agreement to purchase Computer-Aided Dispatch System Software and Mobile Computer Software
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt resolutions authorizing:
A) The execution of an agreement with Versaterm, Ottawa, Canada, for proprietary software (licenses) and services related to the purchase of new Computer-Aided-Dispatch and Mobile Client software, for the term November 6, 2018 through June 30, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $3,578,629; and
B) An Appropriation Transfer Request (ATR) to fund the current fiscal year requirement of $2,174,582 from Non-Departmental Services and Reserves to New CAD Project; and
C) The Director of Public Safety Communications or the Director's designee to execute contract amendments modifying the County's maximum fiscal obligation by no more than $25,000 (in aggregate), and/or modifying the contract term and/or services so long as the modified term or services is/are within the current or revised fiscal provisions.
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BACKGROUND:
In April 2015, Public Safety Communications (PSC) initiated the Computer-Aided-Dispatch (System) or 'CAD' replacement project in an effort to replace the existing Northrop Grumman CAD that has been in operation since January 1994. While the existing system has been well maintained for nearly 25 years and has performed exceptionally, it has reached the end of its useful life. Replacing this system was a comprehensive, collaborative, and complex process due to the mission critical nature of the system, its connection to mobile equipment in the field, and importance of its use by PSC Stakeholders.
Since April 2015, many milestones have been reached that ensure the needs of the County and Stakeholders are met. Over the past three plus years, PSC has coordinated and facilitated:
? Development of an RFP and subsequent selection of co...
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