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Purchase of a Replacement Development Information Management Enterprise Solution (Citywide)
This Cloud-Based system will replace the current Tidemark permitting system that is used for the land development process. The current Tidemark system is used by numerous departments for collaboration on development projects in the City. It was implemented over ten years ago and is beyond its useful life. It is no longer actively supported by the vendor and does not provide the level of customer service that is required.
The project includes an integrated web portal for plan submittals and permit requests and electronic plan review; additionally, a city licensing activities module will also be implemented. Principal goals include simplifying, automating and improving the transparency of projects. Benefits include cost savings by eliminating paper plan submissions. This strategic investment is expected to serve the City for ten or more years and will provide a continuously updated product that will improve customer service and staff productivity.
An evaluation committee representing Development and Sustainability, Business Services, Information Technology, Engineering, Transportation and Purchasing participated in developing the Request for Proposal, evaluating responses, and recommends awarding the contract to highest scored proposal from Accela, Inc., at $1,414,185.03, and a project contingency of $194,926.65, for the combined total award of $1,609,111.68. This purchase is funded by the Development and Sustainability Department Technology Improvement Fee.