Geofeedia Inc. Contracts, Invoice - Social Media Surveillance Policies (Boston Police Department)

October 28, 2016

Beryl Lipton

Muckrock

Dear Mr. Lipton:

Pursuant to G. L. c. 66, § 10 (b), this correspondence is to confirm
receipt of your request for documents that are potentially in the
possession, custody or control of the Boston Police Department.
Specifically, you have requested:

Any and all contracts (as well as all associated amendments, exhibits, and
materials), memorandums of understanding, and other equivalent agreements
entered into by this agency with Geofeedia LLC or any other social media
surveillance software or equipment company (including but not limited to
Brightplaent, Geofeedia, Intrado Inc, LifeRaft, Magnet Forensics, Media
Sonar, Signal Corporation, and ZeroFOX). Responsive materials should
include but not be limited to:

• the initial Invitation to Bid, Request for Proposal, or equivalent call
for contractors
• the responsive materials provided by the winning bidder
• other bidder responses
• the current contract
• all exhibits
• all amendments
• all performance work statements
• all deliverables inventories
• all invoices related to the deliverance of software, services, or goods

Please also include:
• all policies related to the acquisition and use of social media use and
surveillance by individual officers and representatives of this agency

We will contact you as soon as possible with our findings, and will send
you a cost estimate for your requested materials if fulfilling the request
is expected to exceed $10.00, per 950 C.M.R. 32.06(1); 950 C.M.R. 32.03;
M.G.L. c 66 § 10(a).

Please be advised that we research each request in the order it was
received, and it may take longer than ten days to be fulfilled. If your
request requires a substantial amount of research, reviewing and redacting,
fulfilling the request will take a significant amount of time. Please plan
accordingly.

Thank you,

Office of Media Relations

Boston Police Department

617-343-3520

www.bpdnews.com

Mr. Lipton,

You have requested documents in the possession, custody or control of the
Boston Police Department under the Massachusetts Public Records Request Act
(M.G.L. c. 66 §10). Specifically, you requested all bids submitted in
response to the Department’s Request for Proposals for “Acquiring
technology and services of social media threats for the Boston Police
Department,” including both the price proposals and non-price proposals.

The information you have requested is exempt from disclosure by MGL c. 4 s.
7(26)(h). Specifically, the evaluation of the non-price proposals is
ongoing and the price proposals have remained sequestered and unopened.
Where the time to open all proposals has not passed, the submissions are
not subject to release as public records. Also, the release of these
materials, prior to the contract being awarded, would serve to violate the
terms of the Request for Proposals and would have an adverse effect on the
fairness of the evaluation process.

For these reasons, the Department is denying your public records request.
Please be advised that this office does not provide legal assistance,
opinions or explanations about police policy to the public, and will not
respond to any such request. If you have been denied records by the Boston
Police Department, you have the right to appeal this decision with the
Supervisor of Public Records at the Public Records Division of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

If you have further questions please contact the Office of Media Relations
at 617-343-4520.

thank you
--
Myeshia Henderson
Media Relations-Coordinator
Office of the Police Commissioner
Boston Police Department
One Schroeder Plaza
Boston, MA 02120