Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the Director of Development to enter into a contract with Carahsoft Technology Corporation for the purchase of Salesforce software, support, and training services. This software is a cloud-hosted platform, most broadly defined as a Customer/Constituent Relationship Management (CRM). It is used to track projects, workflow, events, activity, etc., and provide real time reports across all aspects of the Department tied to Economic Development and Housing Programs.
This contract is for one (1) year to include support, training, and licenses.
Since this was not formally bid, a waiver of the provisions of Columbus City Codes Chapter 329 is required. Salesforce has already been implemented at the State and Regional levels including JobsOhio and Columbus 2020, and is used by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as a grants management and grantee reporting portal. Moving forward with the purchase of Salesforce instead of looking at other options will save the City additional expenses for the creation, customization, and compatibility software to share data with the State, JobsOhio, regional partners, and HUD.
Contract compliance number is 52-2189693 and expires 09/2015.
Emergency action is requested in order to expedite the implementation of this software.
Fiscal Impact: Funding for this purpose is budgeted within the Department of Development from the General Fund ($40,000) and CDBG Fund ($55,000).
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To authorize the Director of Development to enter into a contract with Carahsoft Technology Corp. for the purchase of Salesforce software, support, and training services; to authorize the expenditure of $40,000.00 from the General Fund and $55,000.00 from the CDBG Fund; to waive the competitive bidding requirements of the Columbus City Code; and to declare an emergency. ($95,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Development desires to contract with Carahsoft Technology Corp. for t...
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