Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Safety to enter into a contract with Morpho Trak, Inc. to upgrade the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) for the Division of Police. The Division of Police needs to upgrade the 15 year AFIS, which is at approximately 90 percent capacity on fingerprint inventory. The upgrade will provide technology that will increase the Division’s latent fingerprint accuracy, meaning it will provide the Division tools to help identify suspects quickly and more accurately. The Division of Police anticipates a significant increase in unsolved latent fingerprint hits just by using newer technology. The Division will be able to query searches to multiple agencies and data bases which includes wanted person, persons of special interest, sexual offenders and terrorist watch list.
Bid Information: This contract is being awarded pursuant to the sole source provisions of Chapter 329 of Columbus City Code. Due to the proprietary nature of AFIS technology, and the prohibitive cost of conversion to a different system, the upgrade and any maintenance associated with the upgrade will be purchased from the sole source provider, Morpho Trak, Inc.
This company is not debarred according to the Federal excluded parties listing or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State unresolved findings for recovery certified search.
Contract Compliance No.: 33-0154789, expires January 30, 2017.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is requested so that the Division of Police may upgrade the AFIS system in order to increase the storage capacity.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $991,703.00 to upgrade the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS). The General Permanent Improvement Fund and Special Income Tax Fund will be used for this expenditure. A total of $557,248.00 was encumbered and spent in 2015 for the maintenance of the exis...
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