Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to enter into contract with KNS Services, Inc. (KNS) for continued security camera services and equipment improvements in accordance with the sole source procurement provisions of City Code Chapter 329.The contract amount being authorized by this ordinance is $89,000.00.
KNS has provided surveillance system installation and repair for the department for many years. They also service many other city departments including Public Safety, Finance, and Public Utilities. The have established a unique relationship with the Department of Technology to provide robust service to multiple departments in the city. The City of Columbus selected the Genetec software platform years ago for all departments to utilize for their surveillance systems with the vision of aggregating these services citywide. This effort has resulted in KNS becoming the provider of these services for several departments as Genetec requires the equipment to be maintained by KNS Services to avoid a situation where multiple vendors are given security clearance to access and make changes to the system.
The Recreation and Parks Department owns 55 unique surveillance systems comprised of 508 cameras around the city. The Genetec platform provides remote viewing, access management, and organizational integration. In the past we have had several staff involved in keeping these systems monitored and repaired, in addition to the contracted help of KNS. The task has simply become too great for our staff to keep up with and we need professional help in the way of system function checks and priority service response. This contract accomplishes that by have KNS personnel do system function checks on our systems twice weekly, immediately dispatching repairs on no-functioning components of the system as they are discovered. While Recreation and Parks site managers will continue to keep an eye on their systems an...
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