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Sheriff’s Office recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize the continuation of the perpetual Agreement 6902 with Cellebrite Inc. for the use of Cellebrite Premium Unlimited Package software;
2) Find that Agreement 6902 is exempt from competitive bidding in accordance with County’s Procurement Policy C-17, Section 3.5 Specific Exemptions and Written Findings of Fact;
3) Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent to execute a Contract Change Order for Agreement 6902 with Cellebrite Inc. in the amount of $109,096, for a term of October 8, 2023, to October 14, 2024; and
4) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to increase the Contract 6902 on an “as-needed” basis during the Agreement term as long as funding is available within the requesting department’s budget.
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On August 31, 2021, with Legistar Item 21-1323, the Board approved a perpetual purchase agreement for the Cellebrite Premium Unlimited Package software license and hardware.
On September 27, 2022, with Legistar Item 22-1681, the Board approved Agreement 6902 with Cellebrite for the continued use of Cellebrite Premium Unlimited Package software license and support and maintenance.
The Sheriff’s Office Investigations Unit deploys unique devices and applications sourced solely from Cellebrite. Research into companies that provide digital forensic solutions have included more than five other vendors. However, Cellebrite was determined to be the sole developer, manufacturer, and support and maintenance provider of the Premium Unlimited Package solution for Universal Forensic Extraction Devices (UFEDs) for use on smart phones, mobile, and other devices.
Cellebrite’s solution is the only such known that is compatible with both Droid and iOS (Apple) devices that include forensics extraction, decoding and analysis tools that extracts logical, file system, and physical data. Mobile devices that the UFED can extract data from include smartphones, ...
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