City of San Antonio - File #: 13-961

• File #: 13-961
• Type: Purchase of Equipment
• In control: City Council A Session
• On agenda: 12/19/2013
• Posting Language: An Ordinance accepting the proposal from SAS Institute Inc. to provide the San Antonio Police Department with a Fusion Intelligence system for a cost of $249,700.00, from the 2011 State Homeland Security Program grant and the 2012 Urban Area Security Initiative. [Ben Gorzell, Chief Financial Officer; Troy Elliott, Director, Finance]

DEPARTMENT: Finance


DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott


COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide


SUBJECT:
Integrated Information and Intelligence Management Law Enforcement Solution


SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes acceptance of the proposal submitted by SAS Institute, Inc. to provide the San Antonio Police Department a turnkey Fusion Intelligence system consisting of the following modules: Request for Service (RFS), Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR), Criminal Intelligence Management (CIM) and Confidential Informant (CI).
The system operates in a client server environment where the contactor is to provide installation of the purchased equipment, system design specifications, production, development, and full system installation and integration. The respondent's responsibilities include overall project management for the installation, documentation, training, testing and acceptance as well as ongoing maintenance and support services. The total cost for this system is $249,700.00 which includes a two-year warranty period.
Funding for this purchase will be allocated from the 2011 State Homeland Security Program grant in the amount of $239,160.00 and from the 2012 Urban Area Security Initiative in the amount of $10,540.00.



BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Submitted for City Council consideration and action is the proposal submitted by SAS Institute, Inc. to provide a turnkey Fusion Intelligence system. The system will provide SAPD the ability to track, record, and improve documented interactions with confidential informants. The San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) supports a Criminal Intelligence Unit and a Major Urban Area Fusion Center with the mission of engaging in intelligence led policing strategies to combat crime and other threats to our community. This mission includes the collection of raw information on crime, threats, offenders, and utilizes intelligence analyst personnel to analyze the information to assist in predicting and comb...