Title
Legal Research - Online, Software, and Material - ADSPO12-014733 Amendment (Ordinance S-52013) - Citywide
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to allow additional expenditures under contract 147311 with West Publishing Corporation, dba Thomson Reuters for the purchase of legal research in various formats. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The additional expenditures will not exceed $50,000.
Report
Summary
This contract provides Citywide departments with access to legal and investigative resources such as Westlaw's Clear, an investigate software tool, and related products, solutions and print materials. These resources include exclusive content, features and proprietary tools. Westlaw's Clear subscription provides access to State and Federal court decisions, statutes, administrative regulations, national public records, and a comprehensive indexing system for case law materials. Additionally, the subscription provides investigative resources to assist locating and connecting subjects, victims and witnesses to attend trials and is used to conduct online skip tracing research for court case preparation, for abatement lien foreclosure program research, and as a guide for the Fair Housing program.
Contract Term
The contract term remains unchanged, ending on March 31, 2026.
Financial Impact
Upon approval of $50,000 in additional funds, the revised aggregate value of the contract will not exceed $2,150,000. Funds are available in various departments' operating budgets.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
Legal Research - Online, Software, and Material Contract 147311 - ADSPO12-014733 (Ordinance S-44456) on April 18, 2018.
Legal Research Online, Software and Material Contract 147311 - ADSPO12-014733 - Amendment (Ordinance S-49510) on March 22, 2023.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by City Manager Jeffrey Barton and the Finance Department.