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File #: 0945-2024    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/26/2024 In control: Public Utilities & Sustainability Committee
On agenda: 5/20/2024 Final action: 5/22/2024
Title: To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to modify the contract with RCC Global LLC for managed and project services related to Oracle’s customer cloud service meter data management system; to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to modify past outstanding, present and future contracts and purchase orders with Red Clay Consulting Inc, to authorize the assignment of all past outstanding, present and future business done by the City of Columbus from Red Clay Consulting Inc to RCC Global; and to authorize the expenditure of $918,432.00 split among the Electricity, Water, Sanitary Sewer, and Stormwater Operating Funds. ($918,432.00)
Attachments: 1. ORD 0945-2024 DPU EMP Project and Managed Services MMD Support Quotation 2024-2025_20240313_V2, 2. ORD 0945-2024 Bid Waiver Form Project & Managed Services MMD Support, 3. ORD 0945-2024 Financial Coding - Red Clay - EMP Managed and Project Services
Explanation

This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify the contract with RCC Global, LLC (RCC) for managed and project services related to Oracle’s customer cloud service meter data management system (Oracle CCS) that supports the Department of Public Utilities’ (DPU) Enhanced Meter Project. The term of the modification will be from date of execution through June 30, 2025. This legislation also authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify past outstanding, present and future contracts and purchase orders with Red Clay Consulting Inc and authorizes the assignment of all past outstanding, present and future business done by the City of Columbus from Red Clay Consulting Inc, vendor #033208 (FID on file) to RCC Global, vendor #048789 (FID on file)


In 2019, DPU initiated the Enhanced Meter Project (EMP) and awarded Sensus, a subsidiary of Xylem, a contract to install smart meters, implement the Sensus Regional Network Interface (RNI) head-end system to collect meter reads, and implement Oracle’s CCS meter data management system. RCC was the subcontractor that was responsible for implementing Oracle’s CCS. RCC is a partner with Oracle Utilities and Oracle Cloud, with specializations in multiple Oracle Cloud services.

The meter data management system is live in production and various system integrations are complete. Due to departmental resource constraints, DPU wished to continue receiving professional and managed service support from RCC for Oracle CCS and Ordinance 1212-2023 authorized DPU to waive competitive bidding and enter into a contract for these services. Under the proposed contract modification, RCC will continue its focus on CCS production issue triage, submission of Oracle product service requests including their escalation, and providing manual regression analysis, along with manual and automated testing of CCS product releases prior to deployment to DPU’s Oracle hosted environments. These services are intended to a...

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