Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation is to authorize the Director of the Department of Technology and the Director of the Department of Columbus Public Health to renew an annual software license support contract for SAS statistical software, provided by SAS Institute Inc., for the Department of Columbus Public Health. The original agreement (associated with purchase order ED034681) was most recently renewed by authority of ordinance 0761-2010, passed June 14, 2010 with support through July 31, 2011. This ordinance will provide for software licensing support from August 1, 2011 through July 31, 2012 at a cost of $8,900. 00.
This software license is utilized by the Office of Assessment & Surveillance at Columbus Public Health, to accomplish public health data management, manipulation, and analysis. Also, this license provides Columbus Public Health with public health information for decision making and policy development within the city and to external agencies/partners.
Due to the extensive scripts/programs that have already been written using the SAS language and are being used to produce the current data management, manipulation and analysis, it is not in the city's best interests to utilize an alternative data processing and statistical analysis solution. Switching products would require extensive staff training on a different application's processes and language, thereby decreasing efficiency and work productivity.
The SAS Institute is the sole source provider of the SAS statistical software license renewals; therefore, this ordinance is being submitted in accordance with the sole source provisions of the Columbus City Codes, Section 329.07.
FISCAL IMPACT: In 2009 and 2010 $8,730.00 was expended each year for software license support in accordance with SAS statistical software by SAS Institute Inc. The cost associated with this renewal in the amount of $8,900.00 has been budgeted and available within the Department of Technology In...
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