Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Finance and Management Department, on behalf of the Department of Technology (DoT), to establish a purchase order with Brown Enterprise Solutions, LLC, utilizing the State Master Cloud Service Agreement -- MCSA0016, for the procurement of various Adobe software application products through a Large Government Agency Agreement (LGA).
Adobe has historically focused on the creation of multimedia and creativity software products, with a more recent foray towards digital marketing software. Adobe is best known for its Photoshop image editing software, Acrobat Reader and Acrobat, the Portable Document Format (PDF), and Adobe Creative Suite, as well as its successor Adobe Creative Cloud. City departments use Adobe software to improve efficiency and enhance communications while meeting requirements such as HIPPA compliance.
The City of Columbus has been utilizing the State Master Cloud Service Agreement for several years. The reason for using this contract has been due to Adobe having shared that we will get better pricing from this contract than having our own Universal Term Contract. The Department of Technology is requesting the continued use of this contract to keep our existing subscription portal in place and continue to add any new subscriptions to this portal.
The Department of Technology, Fiscal Department, requested quotes from vendors from the State Master Cloud Service Agreement -- MCSA0016, for the procurement of various Adobe software application products through a Large Government Agency Agreement (LGA) contract. The city received three (3) responses. The responding firms were:
Company Name Bid Amount City/State Majority/ODI Certification
Software House Int- (SHI) $226,580.08 Somerset, NJ N/A
Brown Enterprise Solutions $227,114.00 Dublin, OH MBE
American Business Sol, Inc (ABSI) $225,875.00 Lewis Center, OH N/A ...
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