STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Public Safety
AGENDA DATE: August 28, 2024
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): N/A
DEPARTMENT: Police Department
EXECUTIVE: Dominique Artis
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a five-year purchasing agreement for a Law Enforcement Monitoring Facility product for the Dallas Police Department - Gladiator Forensics, LLC, sole source - Not to exceed $196,400.00 - Financing: Confiscated Monies-Federal Fund ($102,000.00) and General Fund ($94,400.00) (subject to annual appropriations)
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BACKGROUND
This action does not encumber funds; the purpose of a purchasing agreement is to establish firm pricing for services, for a specific term, which are ordered on an as-needed basis according to annual budgetary appropriations. The estimated amount is intended as guidance rather than a cap on spending under the agreement, so that actual need combined with the amount budgeted will determine the amount spent under this agreement.
This sole-source purchasing agreement will provide for a Law Enforcement Monitoring Facility (LEMF) product that will include Gladiator’s Enterprise Sensor Processing and Analytics platform, Gladiator Autonomous Receiver platform, and IQ Express Portal integrated platforms. This agreement includes system setup and five licenses allowing fifteen end-users to access the platforms, training, and five years of maintenance.
The vendor’s LEMF platform can ingest data from all common telecommunications carriers, including calls, texts, and other data types, and act as a highly integrated solution capable of communicating with mapping and analyzing datasets generated by existing surveillance equipment. By extending our data interpretation capabilities beyond just call data from major carriers, we can enhance our investigations with additional data sets. This will allow for a more comprehensive analysis, which is pivotal in building robust cases. Our current systems are not capable of interpreting text and other data types. Gladiator’s platform is capable of harvesting data from 5G environments, a capability that the Police Department’s current systems do not have. Gladiator’s interoperable framework enables it to effortlessly interface with our current infrastructure, ensuring a smooth flow of data between systems.
Currently, the Houston Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety employ Gladiator Forensics. With the acquisition of this product, the Dallas Police Department would be able to instantly collaborate and cross-reference records with these agencies. This feature is essential to combating violent crime, addressing the ongoing Fentanyl crisis, and maintaining situational awareness of emerging threats.
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
The Public Safety Committee will be briefed by memorandum regarding this matter on August 27, 2024.
FISCAL INFORMATION
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Fund |
FY 2024 |
FY 2025 |
Future Years |
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Confiscated Monies-Federal Fund |
$102,000.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
|
General Fund |
$ 0.00 |
$23,600.00 |
$70,800.00 |
|
Total |
$102,000.00 |
$23,600.00 |
$70,800.00 |
M/WBE INFORMATION
In accordance with the City’s Business Inclusion and Development Policy adopted on September 23, 2020, by Resolution No. 20-1430, as amended, the M/WBE participation on this contract is as follows:
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Contract Amount |
Procurement Category |
M/WBE Goal |
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$196,400.00 |
Other Services |
N/A |
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M/WBE Subcontracting % |
M/WBE Overall % |
M/WBE Overall Participation $ |
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N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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• This item is Other Services which does not have an availability and disparity participation goal. |
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• Gladiator Forensics, LLC - Non-Local; Workforce - 00.00% Local |
PROCUREMENT INFORMATION
Method of Evaluation for Award Type:
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Sole Source |
• Utilized for procurements where functional requirements can only be satisfied by one vendor, such as those where patents, copyrights or monopolies exists • Exempted from competitive bidding process |
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• The Office of Procurement Services conducted a sole source review and found no exceptions |
OWNER
Gladiator Forensics, LLC
100 Rialto Place
Suite 605
Melbourne, FL 32901
Kamran Kashi, Chief Executive Officer