Explanation
Background:
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Technology, on behalf of the Columbus Public Health Department, to enter into a contract with Accela Inc. for annual software licensing, hosting fee, and maintenance and support services for the Envision Connect system utilized by the Environmental Health unit. This contract will provide service from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 at a cost of $113,382.71. The Envision Connect agreement was most recently established by authority of ordinance 2315-2018, passed September 17, 2018, establishing purchase order PO148740.
The original contract (EL000490) was established by the Health Department in 2000 with Decade Software Company. Decade Software Company was acquired by Accela in November 2014.
The Envision Connect system provides Columbus Public Health the ability to operate the Environmental Health unit by providing an extensive array of services such as tracking and maintaining information associated with inspections, historical data of restaurants and other businesses, tracking sanitation standards data, vector control for mosquitoes, environmental reviews, accounts receivable/payable and billings, as well as statistics and analysis regarding the Environmental Health unit. Services provided by Accela under this contract will provide telephone support services, software licensing, maintenance, update training, upgrades and enhancements, and application hosting services. Without this service, the Columbus Public Health Department would lose the ability to operate the Environmental Health unit, which could result in the failure to meet requirements mandated by the State of Ohio.
Accela, Inc. is the sole provider of software licensing, hosting, maintenance and support for Envision Connect software. As such, this ordinance is being established in accordance with the sole source provisions of the Columbus City Code, Section 329.07.
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