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Polk County approves DATAMARK contracts to modernize E‑911 GIS data
Summary
The board approved two five-year agreements with DATAMARK Technologies to implement and host next-generation 911 GIS data services: a technical services contract (one-time implementation plus annual support) and a cloud-based validation/editing/promulgation service. Funding is from the Emergency Management E‑911 fund.
County manager's office recommended two agreements with DATAMARK Technologies to bring Polk County’s emergency‑services GIS data into conformance with next‑generation 911 standards. The first is a technical implementation agreement (one-time implementation and annual support) to assess, develop and correct Polk County’s E‑911 boundary layers and GIS datasets; the second is a cloud-based software-as-a-service solution to validate, edit and promulgate public-safety GIS data.
Manager's office said the technical services implementation cost is not to exceed $264,425 with five-year support not to exceed $117,306; the cloud-based agreement listed a one-time implementation cost (not to exceed $7,000) and five-year support cost not to exceed $431,972. Funding for both agreements is budgeted in the Emergency Management E‑911 fund for the upcoming fiscal year. The board approved the agreements on a voice vote.
Staff said the agreements stem from a regional effort and a sole-source technical evaluation by the region’s Next Generation 911 working group; the vendor will coordinate workshops with Polk County Emergency Management, local public-safety answering points and neighboring counties to update boundary layers and GIS datasets.
