Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: George Tablack
Department: Finance and Administrative Services Division: Purchasing
Information
Requested Action
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MOTION TO APPROVE sole brand, sole source standardization of Everbridge, Inc., for Software as a Service (SaaS) based Critical Event Management Platform software utilizing the most appropriate alternate government contract at the then current time, through Everbridge, Inc., for the Aviation Department, including all Broward County agencies and offices.
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Why Action is Necessary
In accordance with the Broward County Procurement Code, Section 21.54.c, the Board is required to approve all standardizations over the award authority of the Director of Purchasing; and Section 21.43, the Board is required to approve all contracts for supplies or services of more than five years.
What Action Accomplishes
Standardizes Everbridge Emergency Notification System, which provides critical emergency notification services and utility service notices for all Broward County agencies.
Is this Action Goal Related
Yes
Previous Action Taken
None.
Summary Explanation/Background
THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE PURCHASING DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.
This item supports the Board's Value of "Consistently delivering responsive, efficient, quality services to the public and internal customers"; and its Goal to "Build into every process and service effective checks and balances that do not cause inefficiency, but rather ensure consistency, continuity, and quality".
The Critical Event Platform (CEP) is an emergency notification system that manages the full lifecycle of a critical event. The CEP provides a common operating environment that is secure, highly scalable and reliable and keeps all stakeholders informed to disseminate timely decision making. The CEP provides users the ability to send emergency and non-emergency notifications to individua...
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