Description
The Texas Department of Public Safety is seeking to purchase software service support and maintenance and license agreements for two Oxford computers from Oxford Instruments America, Inc. The Crime Laboratory's Trace Evidence Section possesses Oxford EDS (Electron Dispersive Spectrometer) instruments to be used in gunshot residue (GSR) analysis to standardize and streamline casework. These instruments run on software from dedicated computers built from Oxford specifically for these instruments. This purchase is to maintain the operation of the computers, ensure the software is current, and provide proper licensing for audit purposes.
• The contract term commences on the effective date stated in the signing document and expires five years from that effective date.
• The contractor must provide a five-year term for the following: AZtecLive Std with Feature/GSR/Ultim Max 100 and Inca Energy/Ultim Max 100.
• The contractor must deliver and provide the commodities and services described in compliance with all requirements of the contract on a no minimum, as needed, as requested basis.
• The contractor must work with DPS and any new contractor to smoothly and seamlessly transition the contract if DPS awards a subsequent competitive solicitation to a new contractor or if DPS decides to perform the work itself.