Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Technology to modify an agreement with Experis US Inc., for professional services to enhance the City’s internet sites. The original agreement (EL011941) was authorized by ordinance 0955-2011, passed July 11, 2011, providing for service through June 30, 2014. The agreement was subsequently modified by authority of ordinance 0937-2012, passed July 23, 2012, through purchase order EL013487. This modification will increase funding by $225,000, providing for additional services needed to re-brand and upgrade the City’s internet sites. All other terms and conditions of the original agreement are unchanged, including the following hourly rates: $95 for web development, $100 for web project management, $90 for web business analysis, and $80 for web usability and graphics.
The amount of this second modification is $225,000.00, and is needed to support the Web re-branding and upgrade projects. While these needs were known at the time of the original agreement, specific requirements and associated costs were not. Additional information is now available, enabling cost estimates for the work required. The City has an existing three-year agreement with Experis to provide the needed professional services, awarded through solicitation SA003912. To ensure continuity in the consultants currently working with the City, it is in the City’s best interests to obtain these services through the existing agreement with Experis. The cost of these services reflect the pricing proposed in response to the solicitation, as well as the estimates of service hours required to complete the needed work.
This ordinance also authorizes the transfer of appropriation and cash between projects within the Information Services Bond Fund, and to amend the 2013 Capital Improvement Budget (CIB), to accommodate for the additional expenditure authorized by this ordinance.
EMERGENCY:
Emergency designation is req...
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