Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation will authorize the Director of the Department of Technology on behalf of the Department of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with Telvent USA LLC, for ArcFM software maintenance and support for the Department of Public Utilities (DPU). ArcFM software is used by DPU to track the City’s electric assets using geographic information system (GIS) technology. The original agreement (ED044943) was entered into on October 26, 2011 between Telvent Miner & Miner, Inc. and DPU. The most recent agreement was authorized by ordinance 2799-2017, passed November 20, 2017, through purchase order PO084207. This contract will provide software maintenance and support services for the period August 6, 2018 through August 5, 2019 at a cost of $14,777.20.
This ordinance will also authorize the Director of the Department of Technology (DoT) to enter into a contract with Telvent for ArcFM software maintenance and support currently used by DoT’s GIS office for tracking the City’s fiber assets using GIS technology. The original agreement (EL014753) was authorized by ordinance 1365-2013, passed July 15, 2013. The most recent agreement was entered into by the authority of ordinance 2799-2017, passed November 20, 2017 through purchase order PO084207. This contract will provide software maintenance and support services for the period August 6, 2018 through August 5, 2019 at a cost of $13,727.40.
Total cost of this ordinance is $28,504.60.
Finally, this ordinance requests approval for services provided by Telvent USA LLC, in accordance with sole source procurement provisions of Section 329 of the Columbus City Code. It has been determined Telvent USA LLC is the sole source of licensing, maintenance and support, and training services for ArcFM software solutions, and does not utilize re-sellers for this purpose.
FISCAL IMPACT:
For years 2016 and 2017, DoT expended $66,712.00 and $26,976.47 respectively for ArcFM software maintenance and su...
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