Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Fleet Management Division to renew and modify an existing contract, in accordance with the original contractual agreement (CT18276: ORD 644-97) entered on May 29, 1997, with AssetWorks, Inc. The agreement was most recently renewed by authority of ordinance 1300-2014, passed June 23, 2014. This renewal/modification will provide for annual software maintenance and support, as well as GPS/AVL service costs, vendor hosting fees, and the expansion of credit card usage at compressed natural gas stations. The contract renewal and modification will be for at a total cost of $730,000.00.
AssetWorks is the vendor who currently provides a software platform for Fleet, Fuel and GPS databases, which are interfaced with each other to provide comprehensive management, analysis, and tracking functionality. AssetWorks also provides professional services to support system upgrades and training and they are PCI compliant and manage the retail CNG fuel transactions through the fuel application. The existing contract allows for modifications to accommodate additional services as needed. Consequently, other vendors were not sought to provide these services.
The FleetFocus module/application provides a management system utilized by the Fleet Management Division to bill, manage, monitor and analyze all maintenance related data within the division. Also, FleetFocus gives the Division the ability to provide accountability by tracking city-owned fleet equipment such as refuse trucks, fire apparatus, compost graders and various on road vehicles to support the daily operational requirements of city government. The system also allows for the collection and management of maintenance and usage data on a citywide basis.
It should also be noted that the GPS/AVL system and associated monitoring costs were competitively bid pursuant to Formal bid SA004040 and AssetWorks was select...
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