Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Technology (DoT) to amend the Unisys Consolidated Agreement EL001384 for additional services as described herein. The purpose of the Consolidated Agreement is to satisfy the City's on-going requirements for the acquisition of information processing equipment, various professional and support services, and/or other projects. At this time there is a need to amend the Consolidated Agreement to provide funding for new services including $23,730.00 for Software Support Services and $33,305.00 for non-recurring critical training needs related to new software currently being implemented.
These support and training services directly impact the reliability of daily DoT operations in support of Police Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) application (having life-threatening consequences for police officers when unavailable) and the Performance Payroll System, a mission-critical application that directly impacts every City Department, Division, and Agency. The result of this legislation is to authorize the expenditure of funds in the total amount of $57,035.00 for the purposes stated above.
The Unisys Consolidated Agreement was executed effective June 1, 2001 and continues until terminated by either party. The Support Services funded herein items that are renewed are annually renewable items whose coverage terms begin effective August 1 and October 1, 2003. Said services terminate June 30, 2004 and will renew concurrently with all current support services beginning July 1, 2004
FISCAL IMPACT: Earlier this year, DoT expended $97,135.48. This amount was comprised of (1) $71,598.48 for hardware and software support services from July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003, (2) $18,661.00 for annual software license fees, and (3) $6,876.00 covering a 60-month license fee for TAD (Test And Debug System) Software.
Also DoT encumbered $88,153.00 via ordinance 1876-2003 for (1) ClearPath...
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