Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Technology to renew an annual agreement with Business Software, Inc (BSI) for software maintenance and support (software/seat licenses), as it relates to the BSI Tax Factory application utilized with the Lawson software application formerly known as CHRIS (Columbus Human Resource Information System). The Department of Technology requires software maintenance and support from Business Software, Inc. (BSI) to support ongoing operations of the BSI Tax Factory application. This software maintenance and support renewal contract is for a 12 month term with a coverage period of December 8, 2010 through December 7, 2011.
The BSI Tax Factory application performs calculations of US Federal, State, Possession and Local payroll taxes for the employer and employee. The burden of tracking regulatory rules is eliminated for tax calculations, wage, and benefit plan taxability, wage attachments and deferred income.
This legislation requests approval to waive the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code Section 329 due to the fact that the maintenance and support for the BSI Tax Factory application is only available through the reseller from which the system was licensed. Under the original contract with Lawson Software Ord.1799-2007, passed by Columbus City Council on November 26, 2007, it was identified that the named reseller for the Tax Factory application, which is utilized with the Lawson software for the CHRIS project, would be Business Software, Inc. The initial software maintenance and support contract with Business Software, Inc. (BSI), ED040348, was established in 2009. The bid waiver will allow the City to continue the maintenance and support necessary for the operation of the BSI Tax Factory application.
FISCAL IMPACT: For year 2009, the department expended $8,610.00 with Business Software, Inc. (BSI) for maintenance and support services. T...
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