This informal RFP issued by Cuyahoga County seeks a cloud‑based e‑discovery software solution that can index, search, and visualize large volumes of electronic data (emails, PDFs, zip archives) while storing 50‑100 GB of documents per year. The solution must comply with the Center for Internet Security (CIS) Critical Security Controls v8 and be offered under either a concurrent SaaS licensing model or a pay‑as‑you‑go data‑volume model. The county awarded the contract for a total amount of $9,000, though the vendor name is not disclosed. Key points include:
• Required functional capabilities: indexing, OCR, email threading, recursive parsing, tagging, data visualization.
• Security compliance: adherence to CIS Critical Security Controls v8.
• Licensing flexibility: concurrent‑user SaaS or usage‑based pricing.
• Storage requirement: 50‑100 GB annual data volume.