Contra Costa County seeks to replace its legacy Justice Automated Warrant System (JAWS). The JAW’s IBM AS400 system 2009 hardware and software will reach the end of its production life cycle on September 30th. The County Administrator is seeking a replacement warrant management system (WMS), which must be highly-available, web-based, multi-user, and in a CJIS hosted environment. The proposed WMS must provide the ability to restrict editing of warrant data by agency. More than 25 local law enforcement and justice agencies rely daily on the availability and performance of the WMS.
The County Administrator's Office engaged a Project Manager and IT Consultant to assist with this project. PRI Management Group is a management consultancy specializing solely in law enforcement records management and IT services. PRI has been in business since 2008 and has provided training and/or consulting solutions to over 1300 agencies. One of the three experts to be assigned to the County's project has direct knowledge of, and experience with, the JAWS.
In order to complete project, we have determined that additional tasks and hours of consultation and technical assistance will be required. We are, therefore, recommending an extension of the contract term through June 30, 2018 and an increase to the payment limit of $33,005.
Should the Board elect not to approve the contract, the County Administrator will not have the requisite expert resources to support the system replacement project. Failure to replace the aging system will jeopardize the availability of the warrant system to all local law enforcement agencies.