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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcover memo( E{ •- ( c.; CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO : FROM The Honorable Mayobers of thelCity Commi Joe 4rrola Chi dministrator/City Manager DATE : FILE SUBJECT Resolution Authorizing the Waiving of Sealed Bids REFERENCES : ENCLOSURES: Sole Source Purchase of the Omnitrak Latent Station LEG 7-2 RECOMMENDATION It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission waive the requirement of competitive bids and approve the attached Resolution for the sole source purchase of the Omnitrak Latent Station, from Printrak, A Motorola Company, a Non-Local/Non-Minority vendor located at 1250 North Tustin Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92807, for the Department of Police, in an amount not to exceed $110,000. Funding is available from the Law Enforcement Trust Fund, Project Numbers 690001, 690002 and 690003. BACKGROUND Pursuant to Resolution No. 96-627, the Police Department received City Commission approval to purchase the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) from Printrak, under a sole source designation due to the proprietary nature of the hardware and software design. AFIS stores fingerprints in a computer readable format, which allows for rapid identification. This system allows the Miami Police Department to interface with Miami -Dade County and Florida Department of Law Enforcement's fingerprint and criminal databases. This system will become obsolete in the later part of 2006, and will negatively impact the work being performed now, and in the future, to the point that the department would not have the capability to search any type of latent fingerprint. Printrak has already begun to replace the model currently used by the Miami Police Department, the Printrak Series 2000, with the Omnitrak Latent Station. This state-of-the-art equipment is already operational around the world, and is designed for latent print input, and review of fingerprint and palmprint search results. Latent palmprints of value have a ratio of 48% of all latents lifted at a crime scene. Therefore, they are a very significant part of identifying suspects. It is imperative that the Police Department purchases this equipment immediately and not wait until the year 2006. This is due primarily to the fact that Miami -Dade has already switched to the Omnitrak Latent Station, and since the Miami Police Department utilizes this database, it does not currently have the capability to search palmprints. The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission Page 2 Resolution Authorizing the Waiving of Sealed Bids; Sole Source Purchase of the Omnitrak Latent Station Printrak, A Motorola Company, is the sole source provider of the Omnitrak Latent Station. Motorola and Printrak, each owns and retains all of its proprietary rights in the equipment and software of the Omnitrak Latent Station. FISCAL IMPACT: None, equipment acquisition will be funded by the Law Enforcement Trust Fund. JA/JFT/ + 1 /C. F/ir Should you have any questions, or require additional information regarding this item, please contact my office and I will have a Police Department representative provide you with needed information.