Title
Open Data Portal Hosting Annual Renewal Contract Extension (Ordinance S-46400)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to extend Contract 144640 with OpenGov, Inc. for the annual renewal of support and maintenance of the portal, in an amount not to exceed $220,817. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The City of Phoenix utilizes OpenGov, Inc. for its Open Data Portal, which provides transparent and easy-to-use data to residents and businesses regarding areas such as public safety, transportation, finance, energy and sustainability, libraries, parks, and arts and culture. The solution is a cloud-based platform that simplifies or eliminates on-premise storage, infrastructure, indexing, retrieval, data management, and presentation. Funding is for maintenance and support, technical assistance, hosting, and performance dashboards. Failure to renew support and hosting for the portal would result in the City no longer having an open data site for residents and businesses who utilize the data for informational or data analytics purposes.
Procurement Information
The contract with OpenGov, Inc. was awarded as a result of RFP ITS 17-101, Open Data Initiative, conducted by Information Technology Services in September 2016. Nine proposals were received and reviewed by an evaluation committee based on proposal requirements and the evaluation criteria stated in the Request for Proposals. OpenGov, Inc. was recommended by the committee as the highest scoring offeror.
Contract Term
The contract was originally awarded for a one-year term on Feb. 1, 2017, with approval of annual maintenance and support to continue annually, as long as it is in the City's best interest. The City renews this contract annually, and this request is for the fourth year, ending Feb. 28, 2021.
Financial Impact
With the $220,817 in additional funds, the contract's revised aggregate value is approximately $750,817. Funds are available in the Information Technology Services Department's operating budget.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Acting Deputy City Manager Toni Maccarone and the Information Technology Services Department.