Department: Purchasing
Department Head/Elected Official: DeWight Dopslauf
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Financial Authorization
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): LEO Technologies, LLC (DIR-CPO-4912)
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: Exempt - Sole Source
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of a sole source exemption from the competitive bid requirements and the County Judge execute an agreement with LEO Technologies, LLC (DIR-CPO-4912) in the amount of $10,800,000 for software for analytics and investigation of authorized inmate communications for the Sheriff's Office for the period of September 27, 2022 - September 26, 2024.
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Background and Discussion:
Requested by Texas Anti-Gang Center at 2500 East T.C. Jester Blvd. Houston, Texas 77008; on behalf of all participating agencies in TAG Center with a nexus to all Harris County Sheriff's Office detention/custodial facilities.
Expected Impact:
Agreement to provide automated analytics investigative software leveraging authorized inmate communications originating from correctional facilities' phone systems. The software ingests, aggregates, processes, analyzes these communications in near-real time, which allows these communications to be indexed by every single word. This investigative tool is proprietary and allows for unlimited users to search a repository of over 60,000,000 authorized inmate communications.
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Prior Court Action (if any): N/A
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