HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Manager's ApprovalTO: Daniel J. Alfonso
City Manager
Annie Perez, CPPO
Director, Procurement
FROM: Tahlia Gray
Sr. Procurement Contracting Officer
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
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DATE: April 25, 2016 FILL
SUBJECT:
Sole Source: NC4, Inc. — NC4 Street
Smart System
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An investigation was conducted to determine whether NC4, Inc. (NC4), Located at 100 North
Sepulveda Boulevard, EI Segundo, CA 90245, is the sole source manufacturer and provider of
the Street Smart system, a safety and security solution for law enforcement.
The Police Department (Police) is seeking viable resources to equip its officers to effectively
protect and serve the City of Miami. The NC4 Street Smart solution is the only proprietary real-
time crime fighting application that provides the following functionalities, features and benefits in
an all-inclusive packaged product.
• NC4 enables officers to fight crime as it happens by facilitating the constant flow of up to
date communiques thereby helping reduce the amount of time necessary to solve crime
and make arrests.
• Modern offender management best practices are focused on identifying repeat offenders
quickly in an effort to prevent additional crimes. NC4 Street Smart provides capabilities at
all levels to provide data that can be used to pinpoint offenders, confirm crimes, and
establish patterns.
• A blog that allows officers to collaborate and get answers to help solve open cases.
• The Map Viewer feature that allows Police to map out incidents to analyze crime patterns
to identify focus points for crime fighting.
• A Bulletin Management System that provides a location for all crime alerts, intelligence
bulletins, wanted alerts, officer safety bulletins, escaped suspect alerts, active shooter
situations and more.
• A Case Management System that allows information to be passed from shift to shift with
an online notebook to ensure the case is continuously up to date until solved.
• NC4 Street Smart provides easy access to structured and unstructured data that can be
easily accessed with minimum effort in a central location, thereby enhancing situational
awareness at any level of a law enforcement agency. It also increases the force's ability to
evaluate records, qualify crimes, collect and analyze crucial data by providing real time
data and enabling officers to stay apprised of activities within a given patrol area.
Memo to Daniel J. Alfonso
Sole Source — NC4, Inc.: Street Smart System
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: NC4,
Inc., located at 100 North Sepulveda Boulevard, EI Segundo, CA 90245, is the sole source
manufacturer and distributor of the Street Smart safety and security solution system, and
approving the purchase of Street Smart from NC4, Inc., for the Police Department, in an amount
of $389,836.00 for the Year 1 of service, $95,886.00 for Year 2 and $97,513.50 for Year 3:
allocating funds from the Police Department's General Fund, Account Code No.
50001.301001.545012.0000.00000, for the initial purchase.
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APPROVED BY: -,-A , -
Annie Perez, CPPO
APPROVED BY:
Daniel J. WYfons
City Manager
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