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PROPOSED CONTRACT (TECHNOLOGY)
Department(s): Bureau of Technology
Vendor: Praeses, LLC, Shreveport, Louisiana
Request: To enter into and execute.
Good(s) or Service(s): Inmate telephone system auditing and consulting
Contract Value: $580,110.00
Contract period: 10/2/13 - 10/1/15, with two one-year extension options
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2013: $48,342.50; FY 2014: $290,055.00; FY 2015: $241,712.50
Accounts: 499-260
Contract Number(s): 13-23-12442
Concurrences:
Vendor has met the Minority and Women Business Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: Under the proposed contract, Praeses will provide the following: (1) billing and calling reconciliation services for the County's inmate telephone system ("ITS") provider, (2) consulting and market intelligence services for the development of a Request for Proposal for a future ITS, and (3) public ITS complaint monitoring and handling, reporting and as-needed management services for the County's ITS provider.
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