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Ellis County hires Barry Dunn for court data conversion, approves up to $295,000 after vendor negotiations

5332835 · July 8, 2025
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The commissioners declared Barry Dunn a sole source for data conversion work and approved a not-to-exceed $295,000 contract to convert county court data into the Equivant JWorks format; officials said portions of the Equivant contract did not include conversion and staff expect scope offsets to reduce net county cost.

Ellis County Commissioners on Tuesday approved engaging Barry Dunn to perform data conversion for the county’s court case management implementation and authorized a contract not to exceed $295,000.

The court first approved a procurement exemption designating Barry Dunn as a sole-source provider for the conversion work and then approved a separate contract to prepare and migrate legacy court data into the Equivant JWorks format used by the county’s new case-management system. Commissioner Grayson moved the sole-source declaration and led the procurement approval; both votes passed unanimously.

Why it matters: The county is replacing its court-management…

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