Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Technology to modify a professional services and software licensing contract with Granicus, LLC for their Government Experience Engagement Cloud platform.
The Government Experience Engagement Cloud is an enterprise content management platform hosted by Granicus, LLC. The annual subscription provides an outcome-focused solution to reach constituents, leverage community feedback, and increase enrollment and adoption of programs, as well as training for city staff to create and maintain city and department webpage content on behalf of their respective offices and departments.
Ordinance 3049-2022 authorized the Director of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Department of Technology, to establish a contract to migrate the city’s webpage content to a new enterprise content management system. Granicus, LLC was selected, via National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance (NCPA) Agreement 01-115, a competitively selected public joint purchasing agreement for Granicus software and services, to undertake the migration. The term of the initial contract was for five years, starting December 19, 2022, and ending December 18, 2027, in the amount of $1,566,608.00.
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Technology to modify the original contract, adding funds to pay for professional services and software licensing for various city departments in the amount of $252,676.46
1.1 Amount of additional funds to be expended:
Original contract amount: $1,566,608.00 (PO375779; PO381514; PO398966; PO413368; PO511411; Ord. 3049-2022)
Modification No. 1: $252,676.46 (This ordinance)
Total amount, including all renewals/modifications: $1,819,284.46
1.2 Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
This modification is necessary to preserve our unified digital infrastructure and prevent operational fragmentation across departments. A laps...
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