Explanation
This legislation seeks to amend Ordinance No. 2636-2024, passed by Columbus City Council on October 24, 2024, to enter into a service contract with Benevate, Inc. This amendment seeks to increase the amount of the contract $8,000.00, and to allow for the reimbursement of expenses incurred before the purchase order date. The expenses to be reimbursed will be User Subscription Fees for the term starting 12/15/2024 and ending 12/14/2025 for a total of 28 licenses. The original Ordinance No. 2636-2024 was mistakenly requested for the amount of $50,080.00, and was short the additional amount of $8,000.00.
The Department of Development, Housing Division started using Neighborly software in 2021. Ordinance 2629-2021 authorized the Director of the Department of Development to waive Columbus City Code Chapter 329 and enter into a contract with Benevate, Inc. for the software. After three years of use, the Housing Division would like to continue using the software, to enable safe and secure intake of applications, facilitate work from any location, and provide prompts to applicants to assure that a complete application is submitted.
In October 2021, Columbus City Council approved ordinance 2629-2021 to enter into a contract with Benevate, Inc and waived competitive bidding.
In December 2022, Columbus City Council approved ordinance 3413-2022 to enter into a contract with Benevate, Inc and waived competitive bidding.
In November 9, 2023, Columbus City Council approved ordinance 2974-2023 to enter into a contract with Benevate, Inc and waived competitive bidding. The current contract expires on December 14, 2024.
In June 27, 2024, Columbus City Council approved ordinance 1687-2024 to modify the existing contract with Benevate, Inc to provide 16 additional licenses and Database Lookup functionality, and waived competitive bidding.
In October 24, 2024, Columbus City Council approved ordinance 2636-2024 to enter into a contract with Benevate...
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