S17-H26075 Purchase of software maintenance agreement for the Digital Sandbox system from the General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule 70 contract through the Cooperative Purchasing Program in the total amount of $168,000.00 for the Mayor’s Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security
The Director of the Mayor’s Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security and the Chief Procurement Officer recommend that City Council approve the purchase of software maintenance agreement for the Digital Sandbox system from the General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule 70 contract through the Cooperative Purchasing Program in the total amount of $168,000.00 for the Mayor’s Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security and that authorization be given to issue purchase orders, as necessary, to the GSA contractor, Digital Sandbox, Inc.
The Mayor’s Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security seek to provide software maintenance for the Digital Sandbox system, a proprietary risk management software system that Houston administers for the 13 counties of the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) region. The risk management system provides the City of Houston and H-GAC counties throughout the region a set of tools to better evaluate an asset’s vulnerabilities, risks and hazards. The agreement will provide software maintenance for the site profiler server, analytics dashboard and service hosting.
M/WBE Participation:
Zero Percentage Goal document approved by the Office of Business of Opportunity.
Hire Houston First:
This procurement is exempt from the City’s Hire Houston First Ordinance. Bids/proposals were not solicited because the department is utilizing an Interlocal or Cooperative Purchasing Agreement for this purchase.
Fiscal Note:
Funding for this item is included in the FY2017 Adopted Budget. Therefore, no Fiscal Note is required as stated in the Financial Policy Ord. 2014-1078.
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John J. Gillespie, Chief Procurement Officer Department Approval Authority Signature
Finance/Strategic Procurement Division