City of San Antonio - File #: 16-2130

• File #: 16-2130
• Type: Purchase of Supplies
• In control: City Council A Session
• On agenda: 3/31/2016
• Posting Language: An Ordinance accepting an offer from Digital Sandbox, Inc. to provide the Watchboard monitoring software module to the City’s Office of Emergency Management for an initial cost of $55,000.00 funded from the FY16 Office of Emergency Management General Fund and up to $220,000.00 for annual maintenance and support subject to financing in subsequent years. [Ben Gorzell, Chief Financial Officer; Troy Elliott, Director, Finance]

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/31/2016	1	City Council A Session	adopted	Pass

DEPARTMENT: Finance


DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott


COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: CityWide


SUBJECT:

Annual Contract for Digital Sandbox Maintenance & Support with Watchboard Module for Emergency Operations Center


SUMMARY:

An Ordinance authorizing a contract with Digital Sandbox, Inc. for the upgrade of the current Digital Sandbox 7 (DS7) monitoring module to Watchboard. Watchboard functions inside DS7, which is an application that stores regional Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CI/KR). There are currently over 8,400 CI/KR assets in the system spanning 16 critical infrastructure sectors identified by the Department of Homeland Security. DS7 also functions as a risk management system allowing consequence, vulnerability, and threat assessments to be performed, providing an overall risk value for each CI/KR asset. Prioritizing these risk values is part of a framework for emergency planning and implementing protective measures. This upgrade will improve situational awareness by providing a geographic view of these CI/KR assets in relation to significant events or incidents within an operational area. The initial cost of implementation is $55,000.00. Subsequent maintenance and support for this and currently utilized Digital Sandbox modules are included in this contract. Funding in the amount of $55,000.00 is available in the FY16 Office of Emergency Management Adopted General Fund Budget.


BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

The San Antonio Office of Emergency Management (SAOEM) is responsible for all large-scale emergency planning, preparation and response for the City of San Antonio, as it faces multiple threats from both man-made and natural disasters. The City of San Antonio has used DS7 for CI/KR data collection and risk analysis since 2009. DS7 is used to support a variety of activities that include critical infrastructure data collection, protection, threat/vulnerability assessments, damage assessments, risk management, and res...