ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
MEETING DATE: November 19, 2025 AGENDA CATEGORY: Consent - Resolutions TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Randy McKeegan, Finance Director
DATE: November 6, 2025
SUBJECT: Dispense with bidding for the purchase of Cellebrite Inseyets® subscription renewal for the Police Department.
Resolution determining that Cellebrite Inseyets subscription renewal can most efficiently be obtained through cooperative procurement bidding procedures from Carahsoft Technology Corporation and authorizing the Finance Director to dispense with bidding for the purchase of Cellebrite Inseyets subscription renewal in the amount of $134,892.39 for the Police Department.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommend adoption of the resolution and approval of the purchase.
BACKGROUND:
Currently, the Bakersfield Police Department Digital Forensics Unit has an expiring subscription to Cellebrite Inseyets that allows for cellphone extractions related to serious violent felony offenses, retail theft, and auto theft investigations. This technology allows the Police Department Digital Forensics Unit to better identify suspects involved in serious viol ent felony offenses, retail thefts, and auto thefts. The Technology Services Department recommends renewing the subscription to continue the use of Cellebrite Inseyets for cellphone extractions.
The City municipal code section 3.20.060(D)(6) allows the Ci ty to dispense with bidding when it is determined that the equipment is not available from local vendors and that it is in the best interests of the City, and to the City’s economic advantage that such equipment be obtained at the lowest possible cost by entering into a cooperative procurement contract that was competitively bid within the last thirty- six months or is one that is still active and valid.
Carahsoft Technology Corporation has entered into a competitive procurement contract with National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) to offer discount pricing for their software products and subscriptions. Staff recommend adoption of the Resolution to dispense with bidding for the purchase of Cellebrite Inseyets subscription renewal from Car ahsoft Technology Corporation in the amount of $134,892.39 for the Police Department.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department has s ufficient funds in the Fiscal Year 2025 -26 budget in the Equipment Fund for this purchase.
COUNCIL GOAL:
Reliable Infrastructure
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution
2. Quote