This contract is to procure and implement PLX PenLink Software from Penlink in the amount of $57,371. PLX PenLink will allow the capability to aggregate and analyze the digital evidence the Savannah Police Department (SPD) captures from mobile devices, social media, and other third-party systems. 

PLX PenLink will be a new analytic service tool employed by SPD, that will aggregate and analyze the digital evidence SPD captures from mobile devices, social media, and other third-party systems, and will augment the capabilities of the current systems. With PLX PenLink, SPD will have the ability to share proprietary data between jurisdictions, such as with the Georgia Department of Corrections, which this feature and functionality are not available in other analytic tools. With data being created and captured at exponential rates, this implementation will allow more expedient identification of clues and links between the data that is captured from multiple systems. 

This is a sole source procurement due to PenLink being the sole provider of this software and utilizes no agents, dealers, or distributors. PenLink is the only United States-owned company that offers a fully automated process for the end user to include over 600 forms of communication data both live and historical. This contract will have annual renewals for software maintenance and support. Delivery: As needed. Terms: Net 30 days.

The vendor is:

S.S. Penlink  (LincolnNE)(D) $57,371

A pre-proposal meeting was not conducted. (D) Indicates non-local, non-DBE business.

Approval