Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation will authorize the Director of the Department of Technology (DoT) to continue 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 new enterprise agreement with Esri in 2018 for a duration of three years. This ordinance will authorize the third and last year of the three year agreement for the period April 15, 2020 to April 14, 2021, at a cost of $290,000.00. The contract was most recently authorized under the authority of Ordinance No. 0299-2019, passed February 25, 2019 through PO170143. This legislation also includes a renewal for another Esri product called the ArcGIS Hub at $40,000. This the second year for the Hub and we plan to add it to the ELA in 2021 when we negotiate with Esri for the next 3-year contract.
The City’s GIS system supports several business applications utilized by city residents and city employees. Applications include, but are not limited to: crime mapping, snow and ice operation application, Capital Improvement Projects mapping, Utility dashboards, Zoning Map application, Citywide desktop software used for data maintenance and analysis, as well as other GIS 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’s 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.
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