Primary Department: Purchasing
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Paige McInnis
Secondary Department: County Attorney
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Christian Menefee
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Renewal
Project ID (if applicable): 210405
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Unbiased Consulting, LLC
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 0%
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable):0%
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: 0% - Non-Divisible
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Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of a renewal option with Unbiased Consulting, LLC for case management solution consulting services for the County Attorney's Office for the period of January 30, 2025 - January 29, 2026, at a cost of $225,000 (210405), Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: 0% - Non-Divisible.
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Background and Discussion:
With the assistance of Unbiased Consulting, the County Attorney’s Office selected a new case management system to replace a legacy system that hinders productivity. Unbiased Consulting and the County Attorney’s Office are now implementing the system. This requires significant work to design, migrate data, and develop software to communicate with legacy applications that are not being upgraded.
Expected Impact:
Unbiased Consulting’s implementation assistance will help us continue to identify and prioritize the office’s requirements, facilitate the transition of a significant amount of data from the old system to the new system, work with our new and old vendors to minimize business disruption, assist with the development of software to communicate with legacy applications, and assist in training.
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County Strategic Plan Goal: 1. Make Harris County safer and more just.
County Strategic Plan Objective: E: Increase efficiency across the legal system.
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Anticipated Court Date: 1/23/2025
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): Click or tap to enter a date.
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Seth Hopkins, Special Assistant County Attorney, Office of the County Attorney Christian D. Menefee; Kennedy Harden, Buyer, Purchasing
Attachments (if applicable): Letter