Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation will authorize the assignment of all past, present and future business done by the City of Columbus with Seachange International (FID 043197974) to XOR Media, Inc. (FID 455396458) and to authorize the Director of the Department of Technology (DoT) to establish a purchase in the amount of $9,720.00 with XOR Media, Inc. The original agreement with Seachange (ED025897) was entered into in 2006, and most recently renewed by authority of ordinance 0486-2012, passed March 26, 2012 (EL012680), providing hardware/software maintenance and support for the period April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013 at a cost of $12,960.00. Subsequent to this contract renewal, the Department of Technology was notified that Seachange had been acquired by XOR Media.
The first three (3) months of support has been paid against the current purchase order (EL012680) in the amount of $3,240.00. As part of assigning the current agreement with Seachange to XOR Media, this ordinance will authorize a purchase order in the amount of $9,720.00 to XOR Media to allow payment of support for the period July 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013. The current purchase order (EL012680) will be cancelled, releasing the unexpended funds on that purchase order in the amount of $9,720.00. The Department of Technology requires technical support and hardware/software maintenance services from XOR Media to support ongoing operations of a Seachange Broadcast Media video server utilized by Media Services to play/air video files on the City's government and educational cable access channels and receive software upgrades.
XOR Media is the sole proprietor and copyright holder. Accordingly, XOR Media is also the sole source of supply for upgrades, maintenance, support, new releases and additional copies of this product. For this reason, this ordinance is being submitted in accordance with the provisions of Sole Source procurement of the Columbus City Code Section 329.07.
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