21861 1 ORDINANCE NO. 21,861
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO DECLARE IT IMPRACTICAL AND UNFEASIBLE
4 TO BID; TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO DISPENSE WITH
5 THE REQUIREMENT OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND ENTER INTO
6 A SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACT WITH SOCRATA,INC., IN AN AMOUNT
7 NOT TO EXCEED NINETY-FOUR THOUSAND,FOUR HUNDRED FOUR
8 DOLLARS ($94,404.00), PLUS APPLICABLE TAXES AND FEES, FOR
9 THE ANNUAL SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION AND MAINTENANCE
10 RENEWAL; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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12 WHEREAS,Socrata, Inc., is the City's current Open Data Platform vendor; and,
13 WHEREAS,the Socrata Open Performance Module connects with the data sets on the City's current
14 Open Data Platform and is an extension of the work that has been done with What Works Cities;and,
15 WHEREAS,competitive bidding should be waived and a contract awarded to Socrata, Inc. (a wholly
16 owned subsidiary of Tyler Technologies, Inc.), as the sole-source provider for the renewal of the Socrata
17 Annual Software Subscription and Maintenance.
18 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
19 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
20 Section 1. The Board of Directors finds that competitive bidding should be dispensed with regarding
21 the renewal of the Socrata Annual Software Subscription and Maintenance, and the contract for such
22 services should be awarded to Socrata,Inc., as the sole-source provider for these services.
23 Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to dispense with competitive bidding and is
24 authorized to enter into a renewal contract with Socrata,Inc.,for the Socrata Annual Software Subscription
25 and Maintenance Contract in an amount not to exceed Ninety-Four Thousand, Four Hundred Four Dollars
26 ($94,404.00), plus applicable taxes and fees. The current contract terminates on April 30, 2020, and if
27 approved,the current renewal contract has an effective date of May 1, 2020.
28 Section 3. Funding for this purchase is available from Account No. 101011-61330.
29 Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
30 word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
31 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and
32 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
33 ordinance.
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1 Section 5. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
2 the provisions of this ordinance, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
3 PASSED: April 21,2020
4 • APPROVED:
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7 Susan Via City Clerk Frank Scott,Jr.,Ma9ei`-
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11 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Attorney
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