Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Technology to modify an agreement with eProximiti LLC, for mobile applications professional services. The original agreement (ED044023) was established May 23, 2011 for initial development of the MyColumbus mobile application. The agreement was most recently modified by authority of ordinance 0909-2011 (purchase order EL011937), passed July 11, 2011, providing application development services for the MyColumbus mobile application for one year at a cost of $146,400. This modification will extend the existing agreement from July 25, 2012 through July 24, 2013 to accommodate the timeframe identified in eProximiti's letter proposal ( March 2012 through June 2013) for services to be provided and add an additional $146,505.00 to provide for MyColumbus mobile applications development services.
The MyColumbus mobile application enables the City to better communicate with residents and visitors, who increasingly access information using mobile devices. MyColumbus for the iPhone was released to the public in July 2011, and a Droid version of MyColumbus was released in October 2011. As eProximiti has specific knowledge and expertise in providing ongoing enhancements to MyColumbus, it is not in the City's best interests to procure additional application development services through competitive procurement. The following information explains the modification in detail.
* Amount of additional funds to be expended: $146,505.00
Original Contract Amount: $ 19,750.00
Modification #1 $ 146,400.00
Modification #2 (current) $ 146,505.00
Amount of original contract and Mod #1, Mod #2: $ 312,655.00
* Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
This modification was anticipated at the time the original agreement was created; however the Department of Technology continues to receive requests to enhance MyColumbus with additional information and...
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