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17. SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH ARGENT SOFTWARE Approve a Sole Source Contract, 10074-SS, with Argent Software, d/b/a ArgSoft Group LLC, for the purpose of providing on-going maintenance and support for the Argent software package purchased and installed for the operation and maintenance of the Recorder’s batch management software. The term of this Sole Source Agreement is for a period of three years with an effective date of August 1, 2010, however, in order to maintain the continuity of the services with the present agreement payment needs to be made this fiscal year. The cost of the maintenance agreement is $99,225. There are no other vendors that are qualified to work on this proprietary software. In addition any attempts to have another vendor maintain the software would void any warranty. The vendor provided both a one year price option for $44,100 and a discounted price option for a three year price option in the amount of $99,225. The Recorders Office does not intend to change software products within the next three years and believes the three year option is the best value providing a savings of $33,075. This item is subject to final legal review and approval of the contract. (C-36-10-004-3-00)