HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Information Technology DeptCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Annie Perez, Director
TO: Purchasing Department
Kevin Burns, Director
FROM: Information Technology Department
December 19, 2016
DATE: FILE
Request for Sole Source Finding:
SUBJECT: Environmental Systems Research
Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
REFERENCES:
ENCLOSURES:
This memorandum serves to request that you approve a finding that the sole source letter from ESRI
is acceptable. The City has been an ESRI customer in excess of 15 years and our entire Graphical
Information Systems platform is based on the ESRI software platform in which we continually
improve upon and use as a foundational software for many systems which we have either built or
purchased. At this point if we are required to attempt to change software manufacturer, which will
be extremely difficult if at all possible, to find a "one for one" replacement, the level of effort and
man hours to implement an entirely new system would not only cripple the current systems including
all of the Land Management and Public Safety system but would put the city in a very high risk
situation.
It is therefore respectfully requested that you approve a sole source finding for the ESRI Enterprise
Agreement (EA) and future purchases surrounding ESRI software, maintenance, and services
allowing the integration of multidepartment services and data across the city. Please indicate your
approval below.
APPROVED: t
Annie Verez, Director Oate,