TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 34740 with Utility Solutions Partners, LLC, of Rancho Cordova, CA, for managed services to provide maintenance and integration support related to the City of Long Beach’s utility systems, to amend and revise the annual contract amount to $2,428,852, with a five percent contingency in the amount of $121,443, for a revised annual contract amount not to exceed $2,550,295 in the first year, with a maximum increase of five percent annually, and extend the term of the contract to September 30, 2023, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to amend Contract No. 34740 with Utility Solutions Partners, LLC (USP), for managed services to ensure continuity of support for the City of Long Beach’s (City) utility information systems.
The City's overall Utilities Customer Information Systems (CIS) provide unified customer, billing, and field service management platforms supporting metered gas, water, sewer services, and unmetered refuse services (collectively "Utility Services"), generating more than $190 million in revenue for the City annually. The CIS are overseen by an Interdepartmental Steering Committee (Committee), which is composed of senior leadership staff from each of the departments that use the utility systems. These departments include Energy Resources, Water, Public Works, Financial Management and Technology and Innovation. The Committee meets regularly and has recommended that the City extend the contract term for three years at the terms outlined above.
On September 5, 2017, the City Council adopted Specifications No. RFP TI 17-095 and awarded a contract to Utility Solutions Partners, LLC, for managed services of the City’s Utility Systems, in a total amount not to exceed $4,044,595 for the first year, and thereafter, in an a...
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