HomeMy WebLinkAboutAttachment ATO: Daniel J. Alfonso
City Manager
FROM: Annie Perez, CPPO��
Director
Department of Procurement
RECOMMENDATION:
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
DATE: April 4, 2017
SUBJECT: Recommendation for Approval to Award Sole
Source Contract with in-telligent, LLC for a safety
alert mobile application
REFERENCES: N/A
ENCLOSURES:
Based on the findings below, the Procurement Department (Procurement) hereby recommends award to In-telligent, LLC,
the sole source provider of a proprietary web -based alert mobile application.
Contract Number/Title: 16-17-040, In-telligent Alert Mobile Application
Contract Amount: No cost to the City or residents using the mobile application; however, the City will receive fifty
percent (50%) of the revenue generated by the banner advertising.
Recommended Vendor: In-telligent, LLC ("In-telligent")
BACKGROUND:
The City is committed to being ever ready to respond to emergency situations and conditions, and advise the community
accordingly of critical emergency situations and conditions. In-telligent, possesses and maintains a proprietary mobile
application platform ("Platform") and a web -based, password -protected application ("portal") which can be utilized by the
City to provide alerts to the community directly on individuals' cell phones, which can be utilized by users to provide relevant
information to the City, and which contains other information gathering and notification systems which are customizable
by the users.
Additionally, In-telligent allows "communities" to interconnect to facilitate neighborhood issues, events, local services, etc.
What makes In-telligent unique and a sole source, is the following:
Ability to override "silent" and "do not disturb" settings on smartphones (Apple and Android) for critical messages.
The founder of In-telligent holds the patent on this technology.
Messages will be read in real time regardless of the notification setting on the receiving device.
Able to translate messages into 30 languages.
Can access local news and traffic as well as national news from within the application.
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Market Research was conducted by Procurement to determine the best approach to secure this product, and it was
determined that the proprietary technology that overrides the "silent" and "do not disturb" notifications on iPhones and
Android powered devices, in addition to the aforementioned unique qualities of the Mobile App, are provided solely by In-
telligent.
Approvec��� r,%n ' Date:
Daniel J. Alfonso, City ana r
cc: Fernando Casamayor, Assistant City Manager, Chief Financial Officer
Dr. Lydia Osborne, CPPD, CPPB, Assistant Director, Procurement
Daniel D. Diaz, Assistant City Attorney
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