STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance and Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: January 13, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Procurement Services
EXECUTIVE: Elizabeth Reich
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a five-year service contract for licenses, hosting, maintenance, and support for a spatial analysis and predictive modeling solution for the Department of Information and Technology Services - OpportunitySpace, Inc. dba Tolemi, sole source - Not to exceed $655,000 - Financing: Data Services Funds (subject to annual appropriations)
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BACKGROUND
This action does not encumber funds; the purpose of a service contract is to establish firm pricing for services, for a specific term, which are ordered on an as needed basis.
This service contract will provide licenses, hosting, maintenance, and support for a spatial analysis and predictive modeling solution for the Department of Information and Technology Services. This solution provides a comprehensive data platform that will integrate data from multiple data sources. This will allow City departments to share and access data through a single solution.
This solution is a map-based application which will combine property data sets from different applications or departments within the City into a single data set. The property related information from departments like the Department of Code Compliance, Department of Sustainable Development and Construction, and the Department of Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization can be combined as a one data set and analyzed using artificial intelligence. Combining and analyzing the data in a map-based platform in a timely manner will enable, for example, the Department of Code Compliance to predict the vacancy and abandonment of properties which in turn will enable the City to control blight.
On November 10, 2015, the City Council authorized a living wage policy that requires contractors to pay their employees a “living wage” rate as established annually by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Living Wage Calculator for Dallas County by Resolution No. 15-2141. The current calculated living wage during the solicitation process of this contract is $12.38; the selected vendor meets this requirement.
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
This item has no prior action.
FISCAL INFORMATION
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Fund |
FY 2021 |
FY 2022 |
Future Years |
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Data Services Funds |
$277,000.00 |
$0.00 |
$378,000.00 |
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 |
Category |
M/WBE Goal |
M/WBE % |
M/WBE $ |
|
$655,000.00 |
Other Services |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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• The Business Inclusion and Development Policy does not apply to Proprietary Software. |
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• OpportunitySpace Inc. dba Tolemi - Non-local; Workforce - 0.00% Local |
PROCUREMENT INFORMATION
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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 |
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• Exempted from competitive bidding process |
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• Reviewed by Procurement Services to ensure the procurement meets at least one general exception as stated in the Texas Local Government Code |
Bidder Address Amount
OpportunitySpace, Inc. dba Tolemi 76 Summer St. $655,000.00
3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Note: The Office of Procurement Services conducted a sole source review and found no exceptions.
OWNER
OpportunitySpace, Inc. dba Tolemi
Andrew Kieve, Chief Executive Officer and President
Nicolas Tejera, Secretary