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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend existing contracts with 16 firms for as-needed professional and technical services related to system analysis, system development, system implementation, project management, and technical support for information technology projects and systems, to increase the annual aggregate amount by $1,000,000, for a total annual aggregate amount not to exceed $4,400,000, and extend the term of the contracts for an additional five months through October 22, 2019. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On January 21, 2014, the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute agreements with recommended firms to provide temporary, as-needed professional and technical services, in an annual aggregate amount not to exceed $950,000 (Attachment).
On November 3, 2015, the City Council approved an annual increase in contract authority by $1,000,000, for a new total annual aggregate amount not to exceed $1,950,000, and on October 3, 2017, the City Council approved an annual increase in contract authority by $800,000, for a new total annual aggregate amount not to exceed $2,750,000. Lastly, on December 18, 2018, the City Council approved an annual increase in contract authority by $650,000, for a new total annual aggregate amount not to exceed $3,400,000. To date, the Technology and Innovation Department (TI) has executed agreements with 7 of the 16 approved firms, including one Long Beach-based business, to provide support for existing and ongoing technology projects, which included enhancements to the utility customer information system (CIS), migration to the advanced metering infrastructure for the Water and Energy Resources Departments, upgrades to the land management and revenue system, implementation of DataLB, and implementation of a new service management system. The contracts are set to expire in May 2019.
Current and anticipated projects are now estimated to exceed the authoriz...
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