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Bob's back!: ADB awarded Fusion Center contract

Yesterday, the Collin County Observer wrote of the issues with ADB and the North Central Texas Fusion Center.

Today, without any discussion, the Commissioners Court awarded a $240,000 contract for maintenance and operation of the Fusion Center to Dr. Bob Johnson, his wife, and presumably his brother-in-law. Bob Johnson is the son of US Congressman Sam Johnson.

Johnson's company, ADB Consulting, LLC was the lowest bidder in a contest that saw an extreme range of quotes - from ADB's low $240,000 to a high bid of over $3 million. It was a contest where Dr. Bob played a significant role in writing the bid specifications.

In response to an Open Records Request by the Observer, the county sent the bid tabulation data, a summary of which is presented below.

Before price was considered, ADB was rated 3rd of the 5 bidders. County staff rated it lowest among the bidders in qualifications, 4th in successful track record with fusion centers and third in having relevant experience.

But it was total price which carried the most weight. ADB's proposal was almost 50% lower than the next lowest bid and less than one tenth of the highest.

Sources in the county told me that because of the wide variance in quotes, all the bidders were given an opportunity to review and resubmit their pricing.

Description Points Possible ADB Consulting, LLC SITCA Solutions Systems Resources Solutions Computer Aid, Inc. Abrams Learning and Information Systems
Relevant Experience with fusion or similar system data/analysis
development
30
20.71
19.14
18.00
26.43
23.29
Team qualifications including management and assigned team
members
10
6.29
8.43
6.71
8.00
7.71
Successful database integration and development of fusion
information sharing systems already in place
30
17.00
18.29
14.86
26.29
22.57
Total before price
50
44
45.86
39.57
60.72
53.57
Price (Weighted Value)
30
30.00
21.73
11.53
4.16
2.13
Price (Total Cost)
NA
$240,000.00
$331,266.00
$624,520.00
$1,731,950.00
$3,378,508.62
TOTAL
100
74.00
67.59
51.10
64.87
55.70

The North Texas fusion Center will continue to rock along as it has with Anita and Dr. Bob at the helm.

With the lowest priced product, and the least qualified support, ADB will be able to offer the Fusion Center the Wal-mart plan for Homeland Security.

Bill

This entry was posted on September 28th, 2009 at 11:14:40 pm and is filed under Observer Opinions, Good Governance, Homeland Security, Ethics.

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