Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Department of Technology (DoT) has the immediate need to increase purchase order FL900403 with Compuware Corporation which provides staff support to assist the City and DoT in meeting the development roles and technical support required within the WASIMS (Water and Sewer Information Management System), while transitioning duties to the future WASIMS Support Team members. Also, the service provided under this contract is needed in order to meet staffing requirements and performance measures included within service level agreements for DoT customer agencies. The specific duties provided under this contract include:
· Providing assistance and support in the testing and implementation of the WASIMS upgrade of application and database
· Provide necessary WASIMS reports
· Provide assistance to the Division of Water as backup support to execute and maintain the daily operation of other critical operating systems; such as SCT and Oracle
This legislation authorizes the Finance Director to increase a purchase order for the aforementioned services. The purchase order authorized by this legislation will fund a Statement Of Works that will provide staff to support the Division of Water's daily operations of WASIMS (Water and Sewer Information Management System) which terms and conditions are provided within contract #FL900403.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The requested amount of $40,950.00 is available within the Department of Technology, Information Services Fund. This funding is necessary to complete the provision of support assistance for maintaining, testing and implementation of upgrades to computer related applications. This amount of $40,950.00 covers the period of 7/01/2003 to 9/30/2003.
EMERGENCY:
Emergency legislation is requested to expedite prompt payment to Compuware Corporation for the services provided and to maintain on-going support for the Water Division.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: 38-2007430 Expiration: 03/14/2004
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