City of Columbus - File #: 1091-2006

• File #: 1091-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/7/2006
• In control: Administration Committee
• On agenda: 7/24/2006
• Final action: 7/26/2006
• Title: To authorize the Director of the Department of Technology to establish a contract with LBL Technology Partners for Disaster Recovery /Continuity of Government planning for the Department of Technology; to authorize the expenditure of $140,000.00 from the Information Services Capital Improvement Fund for this purpose; and to declare an emergency. ($140,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/26/2006	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
7/25/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
7/24/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
7/24/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
7/12/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/12/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/12/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/12/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
7/12/2006	1	Technology Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/12/2006	1	Technology Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/12/2006	1	Technology Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
7/11/2006	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/11/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/11/2006	1	Technology Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/10/2006	1	TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/10/2006	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Sent for Approval
7/10/2006	1	Technology Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/30/2006	1	Technology Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Technology to establish a contract with LBL Technology Partners. The Department of Technology (DoT) seeks services to assist in developing a Disaster Recovery/ Continuity of Government (CoG) Plan. This effort is necessary to effectively mitigate the risk of service interruption to a part or all of the City's Main Computer Center.
DoT followed the guidelines of City Code Chapter 329.14, awarding professional service contracts through the requests for proposals (RFP). The RFP was prepared and posted on the City's solicitation web site and was mailed to potential offerors. They were also mailed to those who responded to the solicitation notice. A total of twenty-six (26) proposals were mailed. Three (3) certified emerging MBE businesses were among the twenty-six (26) mailings. The evaluation committee consisted of five (5) voting members. The members represented City Departments of Public Safety, EBOCO, Public Utilities, and Technology.

Four (4) offers were received:

Unisys Corporation
DPS Management Consultants
LBL Technology Partners
Sungard Availability Services

Calls were made to the references and the results conveyed to the evaluation team.
Interviews were held with the top three (3) offerors. A final vote, using the original evaluation criteria, was taken with LBL Technology Partners scoring the highest. LBL Technology Partners has exhibited an understanding of the needs of DoT and the City of Columbus. They have provided many references and examples of past success in large city, county and state projects.
There are no sub-contractors proposed for this contract.
Funds for this project were budgeted and are available within the Information Services Capital Improvement Fund.
EMERGENCY: There is an immediate need to establish a contract with LBL Technology Partners to enable the immediate development of the Disaster Recovery /Continuity o...