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<br />~_- CITY OF SANTA <br />~~ ANA <br />.,=1,= <br />}~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />_ <br />__ FINANCE & MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGENCY <br /> PURCHASING <br /> DIVISION <br /> 20 cw~c ci.rr~rr.x <br /> PLA'LA M-16 <br /> P.O. 130X 1988 SAN"I'A ANA, <br /> CALII'ORNL~ 92702 <br />REQUEST FOR EXCEPTION TO COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS <br />Requests for exceptions to the competitive bidding process require detailed justification. This form must <br />accompany your requisition whenever an exception to the competitive bidding process is requested. Such a <br />request should not be made unless supported by factual statements that will pass an independent audit. Failure <br />to respond fully to any of the questions could result in delay or rejection of your request due to inadequate <br />justification. <br />The Buyer or F&MS Agency Administrative Services Manager will determine whether the justification is <br />appropriate. <br />1. Describe the product or service you wish to procure. Use enough detail to clearly describe what you are <br />procuring to someone not familiar with the process. <br />The City of Santa Ana proposes to purchase and deploy a California Statewide CopLink <br />Information sharing user "site" license. This license after dissemination will allow all <br />California Law Enforcement Professionals access to CopLink. This site license encompasses <br />all jurisdictions that currently have no access to CopLink nodes or CopLink licenses. <br />The CopLink Solution Suite of software organizes and rapidly analyzes vast quantities of <br />structured and seemingly unrelated data, currently housed in various incompatible databases <br />and record management systems, over a highly secure Intranet-based platform. COPLINK <br />also provides advanced privacy and security features. A completely integrated solution, <br />COPLINK is tactically sophisticated, user friendly, adaptable to agency preferences, <br />affordable, and scaleable. <br />COPLINK helps prevent acts of terrorism by consolidating, sharing, and identifying the most <br />valuable information Law Enforcement has -online databases and criminal records. Most <br />crimes committed involve repeat offenders whose criminal history, details and associations <br />already exist in various database systems -neighboring police forces or national database <br />systems. <br />COPLINK is developed by Knowledge Computing Corporation (KCC) in Tucson, AZ. This <br />powerful artificial intelligence based software application is a tried and tested application for <br />fighting crime and terrorism. Often characterized by existing users as "a super Google for <br />police officers", COPLINK allows officers and detectives to quickly and easily view the results <br />of sophisticated analysis, from complex data searches that uncovers hidden relationships and <br />associations across multiple database sources, even in legacy systems, whether they are <br />available locally, regionally, or nationally. ~~lyl~ ~nks to any type of database. <br />