Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Attorney to enter into the second year of a three year contract with LexisNexis, a division of Reed-Elsevier, Inc., for the provision of on-line legal research services. This provider was selected because it best meets the needs of the City Attorney's office. The services will be for access to on-line legal research which include Accurint for Government and Labor Law materials.
The original contract was authorized by Ordinace 1023-2009 (passed 7/29/2009).
The cost for the Accurint services will increase by 3% in the second and third years. The cost for the other services will remain the same. The total annual cost are: $43,284.00 for the first year; $43,878.00 for the second year; $44,489.82 for the third year.
We were able to negotiate an extremely competitive price and lock it in for a three year period. The City realized a savings of $15,804.00 in the first year and will realize a savings $15,210.00 in the second year and $14,598.18 in the third year for a total savings $45,612.18.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The cost of the second year of this contract, for the period of 06/01/10 through 05/31/11, will be $43,878.00. These funds are included in the City Attorney's 2010 approved general fund budget.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE NUBMER:
LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc. CC#: 521471842 Expires: 07/10/2011
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to enter into the second year of a three year contract with LexisNexis a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc. for the provision of on-line legal research services, to authorize the expenditure of Forty-three Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-eight Dollars, and to declare an emergency. ($43,878.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance 1023-2009 which passed 07/29/09 authorized the City Attorney's Office to enter into a three year contract with LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc., for on-line legal research services; and
WHEREAS, the City Attorn...
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