Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Technology (DoT), on behalf of the Civil Service Commission, to continue a contract with Biddle Consulting Group Inc. for upgrades and licensing of CritiCall software. This software is utilized by the Civil Service Commission for testing of non-uniformed personnel. The previous agreement was authorized by ordinance 2382-2015, passed November 2, 2015 through purchase order(s) EL017690 and EL017692. This contract agreement will provide an additional year of software maintenance and support for the term period from December 17, 2016 through December 16, 2017. The total cost of software licensing, maintenance and support is $3,995.00.
This legislation also authorizes the Director of the Department of Technology (DoT), on behalf of the Civil Service Commission, to continue a contract agreement with Biddle Consulting Group Inc. to provide maintenance and support of OPAC application. This application is also utilized by the Civil Service Commission for testing of non-uniformed personnel. This agreement for software maintenance and support will be for the term period from December 14, 2016 through December 13, 2017 at a cost of $2,899.00. The total expenditure to be authorized under this ordinance will be $6,894.00.
Biddle Consulting Group is the sole provider and copyright holder of the CritiCall and OPAC software utilized by Civil Service. Accordingly, Biddle Consulting is also the sole source of supply for upgrades, maintenance, support, new releases and additional copies of these products. For this reason, this ordinance is being submitted in accordance with the provisions of Sole Source procurement of the City of Columbus Chapter 329.
EMERGENCY:
Emergency action is requested to expedite authorization of these contracts in order to facilitate and maintain uninterrupted services from the supplier.
FISCAL IMPACT:
In 2014 and 2015, the Department of Technology expen...
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