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Recommendation to approve agreement between the Long Beach Gas and Oil Department and Nobel Systems to provide Geographical Information Systems (GIS) data conversion and software implementation and the licensing agreements with Nobel, Advantica and Miner & Miner, which govern the use of their software. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On June 13, 2006, the City Council approved an agreement between the Long Beach Gas and Oil
Department (LBGO) and Nobel Systems (Nobel) to provide Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
data conversion and software in the amount of $3,595,000.
Additionally required are agreements with Nobel, Advantica, and Miner & Miner for use of their
proprietary software by the City of Long Beach. The cost of these licensing agreements is included
in the $3,595,000.
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LBGO currently has 455 paper engineering drawings (atlas sheets) detailing approximately 900 miles
of natural gas mains and 900 miles of services. There are also approximately 150,000 service
orders, 17,800 repair orders, 14,000 gas pipe retirements (once a portion of gas pipe is replaced,
that pipe is “retired” in LBGO’s asset inventory) and 9,700 work orders, all currently documented
exclusively on paper. Some of the paper records date to as early as the 1920’s and 1930’s and
access to these documents is only available through files physically located in the Gas Administration
Building. In an effort to greatly improve operational efficiency as well as enhance coordination with
City departments that have already converted their geographical data to electronic files, in May 2005,
LBGO distributed a Request For Proposals for data conversion and data input for the LBGO
infrastructure paper record system.
After an extensive evaluation of the eight proposals received, two vendors were selected for final
evaluation. Of these vendors, none were from Long Beach and there were no Disadvantaged
Business or Women-Owned Business Enterprises. The proposal submitted by Nobel was selected
to comple...
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