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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 contract authority by $700,000, for a total annual aggregate amount not to exceed $5,100,000, and, extend the terms of the contracts for an additional five months through March 22, 2020. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On January 21, 2014, the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute agreements with 16 approved firms to provide temporary, as-needed professional and technical services, in an annual aggregate amount not to exceed $950,000 (Attachment). Multiple agreements were recommended to ensure a pool of qualified candidates are readily available for the Technology and Innovation Department (TI) to quickly deliver technical services as they are needed.
Four amendments to the initial contract have occurred since being approved. On November 3, 2015, October 3, 2017, December 18, 2018, and May 7, 2019, the City Council approved annual increases in contract authority by $1,000,000, $800,000, $650,000, and $1,000,000, respectively, for a new total annual aggregate amount not to exceed $4,400,000. The contracts are set to expire in October 2019.
Of the 16 approved firms, TI has selected seven, 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, implementation of a new service management system, and transition to the new City Hall Data Center.
Current and upcoming TI projects are now estim...
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