HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo 2CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: Glenn Marcos DATE : JUN 0 2 2009 FILE : LEG 7-2
Director
Purchasing Department SUBJECT: Finding of Sole Source
FROM : F. I IfT1oney REFERENCES:
Purchase of CrimeView
hief of Police System
ENCLOSURES.
The police department is requesting a sole source finding for the purchase and installation of Omega
CrimeView Enterprise Software from The Omega Group, located at 5160 Carroll Canyon Road, 1St
Floor, San Diego, CA 92121, to include training and one year of software maintenance to upgrade the
current CrimeView Web Software, in an amount not to exceed $79,140. Funding is available from the
Police Budget General Fund Account Code: 00001.191501.531000.0000.00000.
Presently, the police department is utilizing the CrimeView Web Software that was purchased in
2004, pursuant to Resolution #04-0174 from International Development Advisory Services (IDAS)
awarded under State of Florida State Negotiated Agreement Price Schedule II (SNAPS) agreement
No. 2521878-4. According to The Omega Group, they were business partners with IDAS to integrate
software solutions. However, IDAS is no longer in business; so they have assumed sole responsibility
for the sale, installation, training, support and maintenance of their CrimeView products.
Due to the vast changes in technology, it would be in the best interest of the City to formulate this
purchase to upgrade the CrimeView Web Software as an enhancement to maintain our current
system's ability to perform the following crime reporting and analysis functions:
1. CrimeView Community allows members of the community to query crime data within the City
of Miami. Citizens can search crime incidents by type, neighborhood, or other criteria. The
positive effects of the Police Department's crime initiatives can be readily seen by the public
via statistical maps provided over the internet. The Police Department can also restrict what
details are available to ensure that the specifics of each incident are not available, such as
specific addresses of the incidents.
2. Crime View Server is a dramatic upgrade over our existing Crime View Web application. It
utilizes ESRI's latest ArcGIS Server technology which allows all of the software to reside on a
central server, instead of on each system that requires access.
This will permit the Command Staff and other decision makers to work smarter by targeting
specific crime areas or "hot spots" in almost real-time without having to rely on the limited
resources provided by the Department's Crime Analysts. Information can be filtered based
on numerous categories such as crime type, officer, or case number.
Glenn Marcos
Omega CrimeView Enterprise Software
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Results are provided in the form of maps and reports. The application can query
multiple data layers at once in order to compare, for example, crime incidents and arrest
data directly. Currently this would require a custom report by a crime analyst.
Commanders can study incidents by any time period such as time of day, day of week,
or by month and investigate crime activity within any boundary or multiple boundaries at
the same time. It is also possible to switch between high resolution aerial photography
and terrain based maps easily, as well as to generate animated charts and graphs.
More importantly, the Department gains the ability for any user to create density maps
(hot spots) for any boundary layer based on the count of incidents or true density. The
system also produces maps that depict where multiple incidents occurred at the same
location or address.
3. CrimeView Dashboard represents the next generation of resource allocation and
management tools for the City of Miami Police Department. CrimeView Dashboard
provides the Department's Command Staff with a timely overview of recent events in the
form of reports, maps, and charts. The information is all delivered via a web browser
and automated analysis routines are generated to ensure that the information presented
is timely and accurate. All levels of the Police Department benefit from this technology
as it allows both management personnel and support staff to quickly assess any
situation for planning purposes. All of the information is custom tailored for the Miami
Police Department to ensure that the information suites the needs of each section.
Users can also customize their dashboard views with other maps, reports, charts, and
links to any other web content.
4. The CrimeView suite of applications will also provide us with the most current version of
ESRI's ArcGIS Server application. This will allow the Police Department to distribute
maps and custom GIS applications to all Department personnel via a web interface.
Several applications have already been requested, including the ability to track sexual
predators within our city limits. ArcGIS server can also be used with ESRI's ArcGIS
explorer application which can be deployed to our individual officers in order to pull up
important information such as building footprints, aerial photography, 3d imagery, and
other important mapping data.
Attached, please find the sole source justification for this purchase as requested by the
Purchasing Department. Upon completion of your findings, please forward a copy of the
Resolution and the Agenda Summary Form for our files.
Glenn Marcos
Omega CrimeView Enterprise Software
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Your attention to this matter is greatly appreciated.
FINDING OF SOLE SOURCE APPROVED:
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