Legislation Details

File #: 26-1703   
Type: Consent Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 4/20/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/28/2026 Final action:
Title: Authorize an amendment to a contract for continued Cellebrite hardware, software, and services for Austin Police with Carahsoft Technology Corp., to increase the amount by $275,400 and extend the term by one year for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $733,400. Funding: $75,000 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Police. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.
Attachments: 1. Recommendation for Action
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Title
Authorize an amendment to a contract for continued Cellebrite hardware, software, and services for Austin Police with Carahsoft Technology Corp., to increase the amount by $275,400 and extend the term by one year for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $733,400. Funding: $75,000 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Police. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.

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Lead Department
Austin Financial Services.

Client Department(s)
Austin Police.

Fiscal Note
Funding in the amount of $75,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Operating Budget of Austin Police.

Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.

Procurement Language:
Contract Amendment.

MBE/WBE:
Cooperative agreements are exempt from the?City Code Chapter 2-9B?(Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program.?Therefore, no subcontracting goals were?established.

Prior Council Action:
May 18, 2023 - Council approved a contract for Cellebrite decryption software and services with Carahsoft Technology Corp.

For More Information:
Direct questions regarding this Recommendation for Council Action to Austin Financial Services - Central Procurement at FSDCentralProcurementRCAs@austintexas.gov or 512-974-2500.

Additional Backup Information:
The contract amendment will increase the contract authorization to upgrade to Cellebrite Inseyets software licenses required to support hardware and software systems for Austin Police. In addition, the amendment will align the contract with the current State of Texas Department of Information Resources cooperative contract term, allowing ample time to migrate from deprecated software and to negotiate and execute a replacement contract.

Austin Police is tasked with identifying, collecting, and extracting digital evidence during case investigations from electronic media, such as cell phones ...

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