Title:
Title
Professional Services Agreement: Lexis Nexis Crime Analysis Services
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FileID
File ID: 2019-01063
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Pass a Motion authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to execute an agreement with LexisNexis for one contracted analyst to perform crime analysis in an amount not to exceed $477,412 through June 30, 2020 with three optional one-year renewals.
Contact: Daniel Monk, Police Captain, Support Services Division, (916) 808-6126, Police Department
Body
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Agreement-Schedule A
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The Sacramento Police Department (SPD) relies upon meaningful, accurate crime analysis to ensure the success of its daily operations. In February 2018, the SPD issued Request for Proposals (RFP) No. P181100133103 for the crime analysis software and crime analyst consultants to meet the needs of analyzing crime trends, building crime pattern predictions, and formulating jurisdictional response strategies. Ultimately the department’s needs were to procure only the crime analyst portion from the bid.
Policy Considerations: The recommendations contained in this report are consistent with Sacramento City Code section 3.56.090 which requires City Council approval for agreements where the expenditure equals or is greater than $100,000.
Economic Impact: None.
Environmental Considerations: Not applicable.
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): The proposed activity is not a project pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5). The activity is an organizational or administrative activity of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment and is not subject to CEQA. CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3).
Sustainability: Not applicable.
Commission/Committee Action: Not applicable.
Rationale for Recommendation: In response to the RFP, two proposals were received, and the submittals were scored by an unbiased selection committee of three members from the SPD. The selection committee members were chosen based on their experience with crime analysis. Based on the proposals, LexisNexis was selected as the preferred vendor and was deemed to provide the necessary analyst consultant to perform accurate crime analysis that would meet department requirements. The contract crime analyst is instrumental in facilitating the dissemination and sharing of crime and statistical information to help monitor and combat criminal activity throughout the Sacramento region.
Based on the ongoing need for a crime analyst to be able to correlate crime data gathered within the City with data from the surrounding areas and share the data with other neighboring agencies, staff recommends approval of an agreement with LexisNexis in a total not-to-exceed amount of $477,412 over the four-year term.
Financial Considerations: The proposed professional services agreement with LexisNexis will be funded by the Regional Crime Information Sharing grant. No additional General Funds are necessary to fund the proposed agreement.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): LBE preference was included as part of the RFP evaluation process, however, Lexis Nexis is not an LBE vendor.