Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Department of Technology (DoT) requires professional project management and system services to support ongoing development and operation of the City's Geographic Information System (GIS). The DoT obtained competitive proposals in compliance with City Procurement Code Section 329.11, and subsequently acquired City Council approval of Ordinance 2535-00 on November 20, 2000, to authorize a contract with PlanGraphics, Inc. to provide funding for the project management and system support services. Also, this initiative is in alignment with the Columbus Covenant Goal of "Peak Performance".
This legislation will modify contract agreement #EL001033 for one full year, in order to fund Task Order 13. The contract agreement requires that Task Orders funded by a Purchase Order be utilized in compliance with and subject to its terms and conditions and describe the specific requirements and responsibilities associated with various projects. Task Order 13 provides contract deliverables as defined in the Purchasing RFSQ #S000518GM and include services such as: provide on-site GIS technical support, population of City's GIS database, consulting to the GIS Project Manager, general technical support, oversight and review of project status and performance on a quarterly basis, provide technical support to help the City organize data modeling sessions; review and select appropriate software, review and provide procedures, recommendations on procedures and specifications associated with the GIS project, data conversion and quality control in written report and recommendations/actions, create specifications and support in the development of Web-based GIS query and applications, and perform various other project implementation work as assigned for specific City user agencies (e.g. Fire, Development, Utilities).
This work will be provided on a time-and-materials basis with a not-to-exceed cap, commencing on September 1, 2003 to August 31, 200...
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