RFQ - Networked Logging Recorder System (NLRS)

INTRODUCTION The Los Angeles County (County) Sheriff's Department (Department) is issuing this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to seek Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) from organizations that are qualified to provide the County with an operationally proven commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Networked Logging Recorder System (NLRS) to capture voice radio, 9-1-1, and telephone transmissions. This is a request for qualifications ONLY. This is not a solicitation. The County intends to release a Request for Proposals (RFP) in the near future. Responses to this RFQ will be reviewed to verify Respondent's qualifications to provide the system described above. All Respondents will be notified, in writing, of the County's determination of Respondent's success or failure to meet the Minimum Mandatory Requirements (MMRs) listed in Paragraph 2.0 (Respondent's Minimum Mandatory Requirements) of the RFQ. Only those Respondents who have successfully demonstrated that they meet the MMRs will be invited, by the County, to participate in a future RFP. The determination of which companies meet the MMRs lies solely and exclusively with the County. RESPONDENT'S MINIMUM MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS Interested and qualified Respondents that can demonstrate their ability and qualifications to successfully provide the required Services described in the RFQ, are invited to submit a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ), provided they meet the following Minimum Mandatory Requirements: 1. Respondent must be an established developer, proprietor, and provider of NLRS solutions (including maintenance and support) for a minimum of seven years, within the last ten years, with a minimum of ten full-time employees. Respondent must complete and submit Exhibit 2 (Respondent's List of References) to the RFQ to verify the MMR requirements. 2. Respondent's COTS software must currently be in production use and being serviced by Respondent's maintenance program for not less than two consecutive years, with at least one user being a United States (U.S.) public safety/law enforcement agency supporting more than 20 concurrent users [in this context, agency is defined as: a) a single law enforcement agency operating under a single enterprise installation of Respondent's proposed COTS solution, or b) a consortium of law enforcement agencies operating under a centrally managed, single enterprise installation of Respondent's COTS solution]. 3. Respondent must have a minimum of two successful NLRS implementations of the proposed software (current or one major version prior) within the last ten years. (A successful implementation is defined as one that has achieved final acceptance from the customer, has been in production use for a minimum of one year without any major deficiencies, and is being serviced by Respondent's maintenance program.) 4. If Respondent's compliance with a County contract has been reviewed by the County Department of the Auditor-Controller within the last ten years, then Respondent must not have unresolved questioned costs identified by the Auditor-Controller, in an amount over $100,000.00, that are confirmed to be disallowed costs by the contracting County department, and remain unpaid for a period of six months or more from the date of disallowance, unless such disallowed costs are the subject of current good faith negotiations to resolve the disallowed costs, in the opinion of the County. RFQ RELEASE This RFQ will be accessible in electronic Portable Data File (PDF) format via the Department's website at http://lasd.org/transparency/solicitations/. RFQ TIMETABLE The timetable for this RFQ is as follows: ? Release of RFQ 01/07/25 ? Request for a Requirements Review Due 01/22/25 ? Written Questions Due 01/29/25 ? Questions and Answers Released 02/12/25 ? SOQs due by 3:00 P.M. (Pacific Time) 03/06/25 The foregoing dates may be changed at any time at the sole discretion of the Department. Such changes