Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Safety to enter into a contract with Morpho USA DBA Idemia Identity & Security USA, LLC, formally Morpho Trak, Inc., to add one additional year of maintenance and service for the upgrade and technical support of the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) and to add additional funding for the Division of Police while the City negotiates a new long term contract.
The City of Columbus entered into an agreement with Morpho Trak, Inc. in 2015 to upgrade the City’s 15 year old AFIS which was at approximately 90 percent capacity on fingerprint inventory. The agreement required the city to make lease payments to the vender over an eleven year period to cover the cost of the upgrade as well as to provide maintenance and technical support of the new system for the duration of the agreement. The new upgraded system, completed in 2016, provides technology that increases the Division’s latent fingerprint accuracy, meaning it provides 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 databases which includes wanted person, persons of special interest, sexual offenders, and terrorist watch list. This contract is set to expire on December 31, 2026.
The Department of Public Safety, Division of Police is seeking to amend the contract to add one additional year while negotiations continue to establish a new long term contract and to add additional funding to cover the extended year.
Bid Information: The initial contract was 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.
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