SS-2512 PUR 7776 CCH M&S.pdf

PUR 7776 (Revised 07/2022) Page 1 of 2 Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Law Enforcement

TITLE: Computerized Criminal History System(CCH) Short description of the commodity or service desired:

Computerized Criminal History System(CCH) Support Services

CONTACT

Name: Angela Githens Address: 2331 Phillips Road, Tallahassee, FL 32308 Telephone: 850-410-7300 Email: FDLEOGSContracts@fdle.state.fl.us

Internal tracking number, if any: FDLE-SS-2512

Date posted: 9/23/2024 Last day for receipt of information: 10/14/2024

This description of commodities or contractual services intended for purchase from a single source is posted in accordance with Sections 120.57(3) and 287.057(3), Florida Statutes (F.S.), and will remain posted for a period of at least 15 business days.

Commodity or Contractual Service Required (commodity or United National Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC), manufacturer, model, and description, as appropriate):

43212200 Computer Data Storage Management Systems 43232300 Data Management and Query Software 43232701 Application Server Software 81111806 Database Analysis Service 81111901 Database Information Retrieval 81112200 Software Maintenance and Support 81112501 Computer Software Licensing Service 83121604 Online Software Information Retrieval Systems 83121605 Remote Database Information Retrieval Systems

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

5.5 years estimated

Requestor (division, bureau, office, individual, as appropriate):

Information Technology Services & Criminal Justice Information Services

Performance and/or Design Requirements (e.g. intended use, function or application, compatibility, requirements; reference to policy, rule, statute or other act of the Legislature, etc., as appropriate):

PUR 7776 (Revised 07/2022) Page 2 of 2 Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

Under the authority of Section 943.05, Florida Statutes and Chapter 11C, Florida Administrative Code, FDLE operates and maintains Florida's central repository of criminal justice information for the state's law enforcement and criminal justice agencies, licensing and regulatory agencies, business community, private citizens, and policy makers.

Florida's repository (Computerized Criminal History - CCH) is currently licensed, maintained, and supported by GCOM Software, Inc.

Since the completion of the system, FDLE has contracted with GCOM Software, Inc to provide maintenance, operational and technical support services. Services include preventive maintenance, remedial maintenance, configuration management, systems administration, performance tuning, and application software support.

Intended Single Source:

GCOM Software, Inc.

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$17,000,000.00

Justification for single source acquisition (what is necessary and unique about the product, service or source; steps taken to confirm unavailability of competition, as appropriate):

GCOM Software, Inc is the sole supplier of the CCH system technology used by FDLE today.

GCOM Software, Inc is the only firm that can provide end to end support for CCH, including preventive maintenance, remedial maintenance, configuration management, systems administration, performance tuning and programming.

Key application software for CCH is proprietary to GCOM Software, Inc. No other firm is able to maintain these GCOM products.

Approved By (names & titles, as appropriate, e.g., requestor, requestor management, information systems, budget, purchasing):

Julia Lycett, Chief of General Services Joey Hornsby, Director of Information Technology Services Lucy Saunders, Director of Criminal Justice Information Services

Prospective vendors are requested to provide information regarding their ability to supply the commodities or contractual services described. If it is determined in writing by the agency, after reviewing any information received from prospective vendors, that the commodities or contractual services are available only from a single source, the agency shall provide notice of its intended decision to enter a single-source purchase contract in the manner specified in Rule 60A- 1.045, Florida Administrative Code, and section 120.57(3), F.S.