Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Safety to enter into a contract with MorphoTrak, Inc. on behalf the Division of Police for the purchase of additional storage capacity for the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) and the Morpho Archive and Retrieval System (MARS). The Division’s existing palm print database should not exceed 200,000 records for optimal functionality given its current storage capacity. Within the past sixty days, this limit has been exceeded, causing the system to not work as efficiently as needed. With this purchase of an additional server and storage capacity, the Division will have the ability to store and retrieve an additional 200,000 palm print records.
Bid Information:
In November 2005, a palm print database and Morpho Archive and Retrieval System (MARS) was installed as part of a system upgrade that allowed unsolved latent cases with palm images to be searched. Negotiations on price and terms and conditions were conducted between MorphoTrak, Inc. and the Division of Police. Since this purchase is a proprietary product of Morpho Trak, this purchase will be awarded in accordance with provisions of Section 309.07© of the Columbus City Code, 1959.
Contract compliance number is 330154789 and expires 02/08/2014.
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $91,572.00 in the Capital Improvement Funds for this purchase. This ordinance also authorizes the transfer of funds within said Fund. A Capital Improvement Budget amendment is required to allow for the aforementioned appropriation and transfer.
Emergency Action is requested in order to expand palm print storage capacity to prevent performance issues that may be encountered once maximum capacity is reached.
Title
To authorize an amendment to the 2012 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the transfer of funds within the Capital Improvement Budget, to authorize the Director of Public Safety to enter into a...
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