Explanation
The purpose of this legislation is to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into an agreement for the Division of Operational Support for annual support and maintenance of the Pre-Treatment Information Management System (PIMS) Software This agreement will be in accordance with the Sole Source provisions of Columbus City Code Section 329.07 (c). The PIMS Software was developed by Black and Veatch. The software is used to schedule and track pretreatment samples. Information is shared between this software and the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), with regards to the results of the samples that are collected. The agreement is for one year from May 1, 2006 through April 30, 2007.
Black and Veatch, the developer of the PIMS Software, has established an agreement with Inflection Point Solutions, LLC as the sole provider of the support and maintenance of that software.
SUPPLIER: Inflection Point Solutions, LLC (20-2009707)
FISCAL IMPACT: $24,000.00 is needed for this annual maintenance agreement
$24,000.00 was spent in 2005
Emergency legislation is requested so that there is not any interruption in the support of this critical software application.
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To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a service agreement, with Inflection Point Solutions, LLC, for annual maintenance and support service for the Pretreatment Information Management System (PIMS), in accordance with the sole source provisions of the Columbus City Code Section 329.07 (c), to authorize the expenditure of $24,000.00 from the Sewerage System Operating Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($24,000.00)
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WHEREAS, Department of Public Utilities, Division of Operational Support is responsible to maintain the Pretreatment Information Management System (PIMS) utilized by the Pre-Treatment Section within the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, and
WHEREAS, the PIMS Software was developed by Black and Veach who has established an agreement with Inflection Point Solutions, LLC to provide support and maintenance for said software, and
WHEREAS, this software is used to schedule and track pretreatment samples, then information is shared between this software and the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) with regards to the results of the samples that are collected, and
WHEREAS, the annual maintenance agreement covers the period from May 1, 2006 to and including April 30, 2007, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Operational Support, Department of Public Utilities, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a sole-source contract, an annual maintenance agreement on the Pretreatment Information Management System (PIMS), with Inflection Point Solutions, so that there is not any interruption in the support of the software application, for the immediate preservation of public health, peace, property and safety; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of Public Utilities be and is hereby authorized to enter into a sole-source contract with Inflection Point Solutions, LLC, in accordance with the sole source provisions of Section 329.07(c) of the Columbus City Code, for the Division of Operational Support, Department of Public Utilities.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $24,000.00 or as much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized from Sewerage System Operating Fund, Fund 650,
OCA Code 600205
Object Level 1: 3
Object Level 3: 3369
Section 3. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.