Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Technology (DoT), on behalf of the Columbus Police Division, to renew an annual software maintenance and support agreement, for the MultiBridge and Talon software applications, with Core Technology Corporation. The original agreement (FL001003) was entered into January 22, 2002, authorized by ordinance 2299-01, passed December 17, 2001. The agreement was most recently renewed by authority of ordinance 0420-2013, passed March 18, 2013, through purchase order EL014142; and subsequently modified by authority of ordinance 1915-2013, passed October 28, 2013. This renewal will provide an additional year of software maintenance and support for the period April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015. The total cost of the renewal is $7,446.00.
This renewal includes a full year of support (04/01/2014 - 03/31/2015) for MultiBridge at a total cost of $4,946.00 and three months support (01/01/2015 - 3/31/2015) for Talon at $2,500.00 net of an applied credit. Payment of $10,000.00 was applied toward 12 months of support from EL013697, which will expire December 31, 2014. This renewal is for a 3 month period of prorated support in order to be conterminous with the MultiBridge dates. Normal cost of support would be approximately $15, 000.00 per year.
The Department of Technology requires technical support and software maintenance services, from Core Technology Corporation to support ongoing operations of the City's MultiBridge and Talon software applications, which supports the City's connectivity to the Ohio LEADS system. Without the software maintenance and support services provided by Core Technology Corporation, the City will not be able to utilize these applications. Also, renewing this agreement will allow the City to continue receiving software upgrades, support and related services for the MultiBridge and Talon software applications. These applications allow for encrypted access to the...
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