Subject: S10-T12521-A4 - Approved an Amending Ordinance Authorizing A Fourth Amendment to Contract No. 4600007847 for Jail Inmate Telephone System and Surveillance Systems for the Houston Police Department.
The City Purchasing Agent recommends that City Council approve an amending ordinance authorizing a fourth amendment to the contract between the City of Houston and Global Tel*Link Corporation, to modify the annual payment rates and to extend the term from October 3, 2015 to October 2, 2017, for jail inmate telephone system and surveillance systems for the Houston Police Department (HPD). Under this contract, the contractor provides an automated, coin-less telephone system that is computerized and software-controlled to facilitate local and long distance (collect) calls made by jail inmates. The contractor also provides closed-circuit security/surveillance systems at City jails to record prisoner images upon entrance to the facility. This equipment, which is owned by the City, will be phased out within the next two years.
This contract was awarded on September 20, 2000, by Ordinance No. 2000-0840 for a five-year term, with one five-year option to renew, for a total ten-year term. The City Council approved the first amendment to the contract on December 15, 2004 by Ordinance No. 2004-1298, for a supplemental agreement to add a concession for commissions on local and long distance calls on public pay telephones at non-jail locations. The contract was subsequently amended on February 18, 2009 by Ordinance No. 2009-0127 to amend the scope of services and to extend the contract term from October 3, 2010 to October 2, 2015. Lastly, the contract was amended on September 19, 2012 by Ordinance No. 2012-0835 to amend the contract with the FBI Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) addendum.
Global Tel*Link Corporation shall continue to pay the City 46% of gross revenues (a percentage of total monthly revenue generated by each phone call) as commission, and shall pay a revised lump sum payment annually to the City within 30 days following the start of the renewal term (first annual payment), and the first anniversary of the renewal term (second annual payment). The first annual payment will be $22,000.00. The second annual payment will be the product of 65% of the gross revenue for the first year of the renewal term, less 46% of the gross revenue for the same period.
This contract was awarded with a 12% M/WBE participation goal, and Kataman Communications, LLC is currently exceeding the goal.
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Calvin D. Wells, City Purchasing Agent Department Approval Authority Signature
Finance/Strategic Procurement Division