File #: 25-0370   
Type: Ordinance-S Status: Adopted
Meeting Body: City Council Formal Meeting
On agenda: 4/23/2025 Final action: 4/23/2025
Title: Nighthawk Software Licenses Contract - RFA 25-0490 Request for Award (Ordinance S-51831) - Citywide
District: Citywide

Title

Nighthawk Software Licenses Contract - RFA 25-0490 Request for Award (Ordinance S-51831) - Citywide

 

Description

Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a contract with LeadsOnline, LLC, a disregarded entity of LeadsOnline Parent, LLC, to provide Nighthawk Software Licenses for the Police Department. Further request an exception to the indemnity and assumption of liability provisions of Phoenix City Code section 42-18. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The total value of the contract will not exceed $490,350.

 

Report

Summary

This contract will provide licenses to allow the Police Department to continue using the Nighthawk software. Nighthawk is a web based proprietary information aggregator that organizes user submitted files into a cross checked timeline allowing investigators to watch how a crime unfolded using evidence collected from involved parties.

 

This item has been reviewed and approved by the Information Technology Services Department.

 

Procurement Information

In accordance with Administrative Regulation 3.10, standard competition was waived as a result of an approved Determination Memo based on the following reason: Sole Source. There are no other vendors in the current market who can provide the technology required by the Police Department.

 

Contract Term

The contract will begin on or about July 1, 2025, for a five-year term with no options to extend.

 

Financial Impact

The aggregate contract value will not exceed $490,350 for the five-year aggregate term. Funding is available in the Police Department's operating budget.

 

Department

Responsible Department

This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Lori Bays and the Police Department.