Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation will authorize the Director of the Department of Technology (DoT) to enter into an enterprise license agreement with Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) for software licensing, maintenance, and support for the City’s geographic information systems (GIS). The City entered into a three-year ESRI enterprise agreement in 2011, authorized by ordinance 1977-2011, passed December 5, 2011. The third and final year of that agreement was authorized by ordinance 0326-2014, passed March 31, 2014, through purchase order EL015535. This ordinance will authorize the first year of a new three year agreement, for the period April 15, 2015 to April 14, 2016, at a cost of $210,000.00. The City has options to renew this agreement for two (2) additional one year terms at the same annual cost of $210,000.00.
The City’s GIS system supports several business applications, such as web-based applications utilized by city residents and city employees, crime mapping, My Neighborhoods, Capital Improvement Projects Map, and the Zoning Map applications, Citywide desktop software used for data maintenance and analysis, as well as other GIS data products. This enterprise agreement will enable the City to continue to access ESRI maintenance and support for its current portfolio of ESRI software. The agreement will also enable the City unlimited licensing to the most heavily used ESRI software products, enabling the City to more cost-effectively meet emerging City GIS technology needs.
The City’s technology standard for GIS software is ESRI ArcGIS. ESRI is the sole provider of licensing, maintenance and support for its GIS software products. As such, this ordinance is being submitted in accordance with the provisions of Sole Source procurement of the Columbus City Code Section 329.07.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE:
Vendor: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) C.C.#: 95-2775732 Expiration Date: 12/30/201...
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