Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Safety to modify and renew the contract contingent upon passage of Ordinance 2973-2022 and the transfer of funds therein, with Intrado Life & Safety Solutions (formally, West Safety Solutions Corp) for the fifth year of a maintenance agreement for the City's 911 System. This is year five of a five-year maintenance agreement established during the most recent upgrade of the 911 System in 2018. The City of Columbus operates a fully redundant, geo-diverse set of Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) controllers that currently support operations at the Columbus wireless PSAP, the Columbus backup PSAP at Arlingate, and the Worthington non-wireless PSAP. The Division of Support Services upgraded its existing 911 system in 2012 with an additional upgrade in 2016 for text to 911 compatibility. Ordinance 1082-2018 funded another upgrade which enabled the system to comply with the National Emergency Number (NENA) next generation 911 standards. This ordinance is to continue the annual maintenance on the latest upgrade project started in 2018, this is the final term of the five-year maintenance agreement. The modification to the contract is to extend the maintenance renewal time frame as maintenance is effective at the sign off of the project by all parties, and that took place was December 31, 2018 so this would update the terms of the contract to reflect the maintenance schedule of December 31, 2018 through December 30, 2023 for the full five year term.
Bid Information: This upgrade to the 911 system is being executed in accordance with the sole source provisions of Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Code; Intrado Life & Safety Solutions Corporation is the proprietary software licensing and maintenance contractor for the City's current 911 System.
Contract Compliance: Intrado Life & Safety Solutions Corporation FID#58-2381670, expires October 14, 2022
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