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...
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