SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve a purchase order and renewal agreement to TriTech Software Systems, a CentralSquare Company, for the renewal of TriTech Software Support and Maintenance in the amount of $258,591.41, from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(d), Impractical, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
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SUMMARY:
TriTech Software Systems and the Clearwater Police Department (CPD) began an annual contractual agreement in 2007 for an integrated computer aided dispatch (CAD) system.
In 2022, the police department and other county law enforcement agencies entered an interlocal agreement to create the Pinellas Regional Information Management Enterprise (PRIME) for the purpose of implementing a new countywide CAD and records management system (RMS). Earlier this year, the CAD/RMS vendor was found to have breached the implementation agreement, and the project was subsequently stopped.
While other options are being explored, it is necessary for the police department to renew the agreement with our current CAD system provider, Tri-Tech Software Systems.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
The cost for the proposed renewal agreement for Fiscal Year 2027 is $258,591.41. Funding for this contractual agreement is included in the Police Department’s fiscal year 2027 operating budget request for cost code 0101162-530300, contractual services, funded by revenues from the General Fund.
STRATEGIC PRIORITY:
This project is relevant towards accomplishing the strategic goal of a High Performing Government, specifically strategic objective 1.4 to foster safe and healthy communities in Clearwater through first-class public safety and emergency response services.
