Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance will authorize the Directors of the Departments of Technology and Public Utilities to modify the current contract agreement with Labworks, LLC, for software licenses, maintenance and support, and professional services associated with the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) to upgrade the system to the current version of the software, as well as update some of their instrument interfaces. The original agreement (EL008929) was authorized by ordinance 1738-2008, passed November 24, 2008. The agreement was most recently continued under the authority of ordinance 0985-2016, passed June 27, 2016 through purchase order PO017807-1. This contract modification will provide for license, maintenance and support , and professional services for one (1) year from the date of a purchase order certified/confirmed by the City of Columbus, City Auditor's Office.
LIMS enables the Division of Sewer and Drainage (DOSD) and the Division of Water (DOW) to manage water quality sample information, incorporate input from plant operations data sources, track 79,000 tests on 16,000 different samples annually, and transfer approved results to end users automatically. The LIMS system allows DOSD and DOW to satisfy their regulatory reporting requirements more efficiently. This annual maintenance and support agreement is needed to provide for updated LIMS software and access to LIMS technical support. Without this agreement, the City would need to pay a substantially higher new license fee to obtain the latest version of LIMS software, and would be unable to resolve problems with the software requiring LIMS technical support.
Contract modification in the amount of $15,573.00
1.1 Amount of additional funds to be expended: $15,573.00
The original contract amount and subsequent modifications total: $865,776
Modification #8 (2016) total: $ 15,573
Total: $881,349
1.2 Reason addi...
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