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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: Emilio T. Gonzalez, Ph.D.,
City Manager
FROM: Annie Perez, CPP
Director of Procurement
DATE: January 11, 2019
SUBJECT: Sole Source Finding for Forensic
Technology, Inc.("FTI"), Manufacturer of the
Integrated Ballistics Identification System ("IBIS")
Trax-HD3D Solution
REFERENCES: SS 17-18-059
ENCLOSURES: Sole Source Package
Market Research was conducted to determine whether Forensic Technology, Inc. ("FTI"), a non -local
vendor, located at 7975 114th Avenue North, Suite 2500, Largo, Florida 33773, is the sole source
provider of the IBIS Trax-HD3D Solution for the City of Miami Police Department ("Police Department").
The Police Department is in need of an Integrated Ballistics Identification System ("IBIS"). The IBIS
provides a single system capable of comparing both types of ballistic evidence found at crime scenes.
This integrated and automated imaging system permits a technician to enter and review large numbers
of fired bullets and expended cartridge cases and cross-reference hits made from each system for
examination by a firearms examiner. Statistics collected by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives ("ATF")'s National Tracing Center ("NTC") indicate that revolvers and semiautomatic
firearms are traced with nearly equal frequency by law enforcement agencies.
The IBIS consists of two separate workstations (Data Acquisition Station and an Image Analysis
Station). These stations operate independently. The system is designed to be operated by a technician
with no previous computer experience. The firearms examiner's only contact with the system can be
after all the data has been entered and correlated.
According to FTI, it is the sole source manufacturer and distributor of the IBIS-HD3D Solution.
Accordingly, pursuant to Section 18-92 (a) (1) of the Code of the City of Miami, It is recommended that
the requirements for competitive bidding be waived, and these findings be approved: FTI , a non -local
vendor, located at 7975 114th Avenue North, Suite 2500, Largo, Florida 33773, is the sole source
provider of the IBIS Trax-HD3D Solution, and approving the purchase of IBIS Trax-HD3D Solution for
the Police Department, on an as needed basis, for a one (1) year period with the option to extend for
three (3) additional one (1) year periods; ;allocating funds from the various sources of the user
department, subject to bud et apprpyal - time of need.
APPROVED BY:
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Ernilii T. Gonzalez, Ph. D., Date
Cit, Manager
AP/rdm
Enclosed: Sole Source Request & Market Research