City of Columbus - File #: 1189-2015

• File #: 1189-2015
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/23/2015
• In control: Public Utilities Committee
• On agenda: 6/8/2015
• Final action: 6/9/2015
• Title: To authorize the assignment of all past, present and future business done by the City of Columbus, Department of Finance and Management, Technology and Public Utilities, with CalAmp Corporation, formerly Wireless Matrix Corporation, to CalAmp Wireless Networks Corporation; to authorize the Directors of the Department of Technology and the Department of Public Utilities to continue a contract agreement with CalAmp Wireless Networks Corporation for automated vehicle location (AVL) services for the AVL System utilized by the Department of Public Utilities; to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to issue a purchase order for replacement parts needed to maintain the AVL system in accordance with the sole source provisions of the City of Columbus Code; to authorize the total expenditure of $227,741.24 from the Department of Technology, Internal Services Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($227,741.24)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/9/2015	1	MAYOR	Signed
6/9/2015	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
6/8/2015	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
6/8/2015	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass

Explanation

BACKGROUND:
This legislation will authorize the assignment of all past, present and future business done by the City of Columbus, Departments of Finance and Management, Technology and Public Utilities, with CalAmp Corporation, formerly Wireless Matrix Corporation to CalAmp Wireless Networks Corporation. That purchase included the professional services utilized for the automated vehicle location (AVL) application, which is compatible with the DPU mobile dispatching system, so authorization is needed to continue obtaining professional services to support continued support of the application.

This legislation also authorizes the Director of the Departments of Technology (DoT) on behalf of the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) to continue an agreement with CalAmp Wireless Networks Corporation to provide automated vehicle location (AVL) services for the AVL system utilized by DPU. The original agreement (EL011222), awarded through RFP SA003436, was authorized by ordinance 1406-2010, passed December 13, 2010, and provided service through June 17, 2012. The original contract provided language to allow for one year of AVL services and two (2) annual renewals for a three (3) year agreement, subject to mutual agreement and approval from proper City authorities. The second of the two renewals was processed by authority of ordinance 1036-2013, passed June 10, 2013, through purchase order EL014595. The most recent agreement (EL016165), was authorized by ordinance 1461-2014, passed July 14, 2014, and provided services from June 18, 2014 through June 17, 2015. This ordinance will authorize services for the period June 18, 2015 to June 17, 2016, at a cost of $192,411.84.

Finally, this legislation will authorize the Director of the Finance and Management Department, on behalf of the Department of Public Utilities, to issue a purchase order for hardware and accessories needed to maintain the AVL system. The purchase order will provide for sixty (60) R26 A...