Parcelquest subscription

1. Identification of the agency and the contracting office.
U.S. DOI - Bureau of Land Management, California State Office, Lands & Realty, Cadastral, and GIS programs. 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825
2. Description of supply or service required to meet the agencys needs.
Approve renewal of 1-year contract (Contract) with ParcelQuest to provide BLM Realty, Cadastral, and GIS access via online to property title verification and recorded documentation specific to California. Vender was selected with limited competition as detailed below.
Pricing for the Contract is fixed for 12 months. The Contract can be cancelled at any time though no refunds for the paid annual subscriptions are permitted. The Contract creates 5 access or login accounts, which will allow for simultaneous access for 15 users. Moreover, ParcelQuest will provide training for this service to include tips & tricks, advanced online navigation/search, report creation, county recorded property document access, creation/printing maps, land sale comps, and spatial data export. All training will be offered as needed, and at no extra cost.
3. The rationale or circumstances for limiting competition.
ParcelQuest is a unique provider of all California County Assessor property data for all 58 counties and updated on monthly basis. The service provides a unique service via online access to county record software and mapping all throughout California.
ParcelQuest has been in business since 1995 and is the only product that gives customers the capability to search for County Assessor verified parcel boundary information through the interactive use of Google Maps offering aerial photography including the 45° view, roads, waterways and points of interest, USDA Soil data, FEMA Flood Zone and Cal Fire protection zones.
ParcelQuest also offers the ability to search using PLSS and GPS (Lat/Lon) coordinates. The service allows for Digital parcel boundary files (shape files) to be exported for use in legacy GIS applications.
Vendor:
ParcelQuest, 2330 East Bidwell Street, Suite 200, Folsom, CA 95630-4110, Contact: Paul Cowdery, 888-217-8999, www.parcelquest.com.
4. A description of the Market Research (MR) conducted and the results or a statement of the reason MR was not conducted.
Researched on the internet for comparable services/subscriptions.
5. Price estimate, including all options, if applicable.
The Contract amount has been redacted.
6. Recommended source.
List sources, if any, that expressed an interest in this acquisition.
N/A Awarded contract 140L1224P0001 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2024-01-04.