IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION awarding a twenty-four-month contract for the furnishing of software maintenance services for the COMBAT Community CareLink and COMBAT Connections databases for use by the COMBAT staff to First Call Technologies, LLC, of Kansas City, MO, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $182,435.00 for 2024, as a sole source purchase.
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RESOLUTION NO. 21708, August 26, 2024
INTRODUCED BY Venessa Huskey, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Resolutions 20564 dated November 23, 2020, 20697 dated June 14, 2021, and 21076 dated October 31, 2022, the Legislature awarded contracts for the furnishing of the COMBAT Community CareLink and COMBAT Connections databases which include grant application software, prevention software, and the Striving Together to Reduce Violence in Neighborhoods (STRIVIN) package, for use by COMBAT to First Call Technologies, LLC, of Kansas City (Jackson County), MO, as sole source purchases; and,
WHEREAS, COMBAT has a need for annual software maintenance for these software packages; and,
WHEREAS, section 1030.1, Jackson County Code, 1984, eliminates the requirement for competitive bidding when items to be purchased can be obtained from only one source and requires notification of and approval by the Legislature on such sole source purchases exceeding $25,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, the COMBAT Director and Director of Finance and Purchasing recommend the purchase of the required maintenance from First Call Technologies, LLC, as a sole source, because First Call, as the developer of this proprietary software, is the only vendor capable of maintaining it; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that award be made as recommended by the COMBAT Director and Director of Finance and Purchasing; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including fi...
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