TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, City Manager
FROM:
Miguel Guardado, Information Technology Director
Tatyana Roujenova-Peltekova, Senior Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Approve a Three-Year Enterprise Agreement with Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Software Licensing in a Total Not-to-Exceed Amount of $123,300 (Budgeted) (Information Technology Director Guardado)
A) WAIVE FORMAL BIDDING DUE TO SOLE SOURCE
B) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 25-0122
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
a) Waive formal bidding in accordance with Manhattan Beach Municipal Code (MBMC) Section 2.36.140 (waivers); and
b) Adopt Resolution No. 25-0122 authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a three-year enterprise agreement with Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software licensing in a total not-to-exceed amount of $123,300.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Sufficient funds are available in the Information Technology Department budget for the first year of the GIS software licensing agreement. Future years will be budgeted accordingly.
BACKGROUND:
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) facilitates data integration and transparency by utilizing the spatial components of various datasets, resulting in more accessible, understandable, and relatable information. By linking diverse information to a common geographic location, the system enables the visualization and analysis of intricate relationships that otherwise may remain obscure. Information integration is typically presented visually, most commonly as interactive maps. Since GIS provides location-referenced data to facilitate better decision-making and data-driven actions, it is utilized by most federal, state, and local agencies in vario...
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