File #: BILL NO. 17-193    Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 7/27/2017 In control: City Council - Regular Session
On agenda: 8/24/2017 Final action:
Title: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE AWARD OF A SOLE SOURCE TO FDM SOFTWARE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION & CLOSEST UNIT RECOMMENDATION SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES, APPROVING AN AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES AND AMENDED AND RESTATED SOFTWARE SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN FDM SOFTWARE LTD. AND THE CITY OF LEE’S SUMMIT, MISSOURI, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE SAME BY AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. (F&BC 8-7-17) (NOTE: First reading - City Council - August 24, 2017.)
Attachments: 1. Ordinance, 2. Agreement, 3. Exhibit A General Terms and Conditions, 4. Final Amended and Restated Software Support Maintenance Agreement
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AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE AWARD OF A SOLE SOURCE TO FDM SOFTWARE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION & CLOSEST UNIT RECOMMENDATION SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES, APPROVING AN AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES AND AMENDED AND RESTATED SOFTWARE SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN FDM SOFTWARE LTD. AND THE CITY OF LEE’S SUMMIT, MISSOURI, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE SAME BY AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. (F&BC 8-7-17)
(NOTE: First reading - City Council - August 24, 2017.)


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Issue/Request:
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE AWARD OF A SOLE SOURCE TO FDM SOFTWARE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION & CLOSEST UNIT RECOMMENDATION SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES, APPROVING AN AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES AND AMENDED AND RESTATED SOFTWARE SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN FDM SOFTWARE LTD. AND THE CITY OF LEE’S SUMMIT, MISSOURI, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE SAME BY AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.


Key Issues:
-The Lee’s Summit Fire Department (LSFD) is a current user of FDM Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD), FDM RMS and FDM Mobile CAD software. LSFD seeks to implement two additional modules of the CAD suite; Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) and Closest Unit Recommendation (CUR). FDM is the only entity who is authorized to issue licenses of software modules related to their CAD software suite.
-By tying the apparatus to GPS, the exact location of each unit will be known to the CAD system, whether it is out on a call or at the station.

-Current location is provided only through radio traffic, and there is now easy way to allocate the closest available resource. Rather it uses manually created and loaded response districts to balance call volumes.

-The new FDM software will allow the closest available unit to be determined, based on location of the resource without the requirement of constant radio check ins.

-The impleme...

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