Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the assignment of all past, present, and future business done by the City of Columbus with Blue Orbit Group, LLC (FID: 32-0398924) to Internet Content Management, Inc. (FID: 64-0944418). Internet Content Management, Inc. acquired the Technology Negotiation & Acquistion Practice from Blue Orbit Group, LLC on January 1, 2014. As such, Internet Content Management, Inc. acquired rights to Blue Orbit Group, LLC's technology product supplier contracts including the existing contractual obligations between Blue Orbit Group, LLC and the City of Columbus. The original agreement with Blue Orbit Group, LLC (EL014579) was authorized by ordinance 0896-2013, passed May 20, 2013 in award of solicitation SA004853. That agreement provided for Websense software subscriptions and support for the term July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, and included two options to renew for additional one year terms.
This legislation will also authorize the Director of the Department of Technology to renew an agreement with Internet Content Management for Websense software subscriptions and support, exercising the first option to renew for the period July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015. The renewal will provide Websense software subscriptions and support for 4,500 users at a cost of $131,265.00. This includes a $114,750.00 annual subscription and $16,515.00 annual maintenance and support.
This legislation will further authorize the Director of the Department of Technology to modify this contract in the amount of $43,735.00, which includes $38,250.00 for annual subscriptions and $5,505.00 for software maintenance and support. This modification is needed to accommodate an additional 1,500 Police Division users. The need for this modification was not known at the time of the original agreement. As the contract for this service was recently awarded through competitive procurement in accordance with chapter 329.06 of Columbus City Code, it is in the Ci...
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