Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with enfoTech & Consulting Inc. to upgrade the iPACS software used by Division of Sewerage and Drainage (DOSD) Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment Group (Pretreatment). The iPACS system enables Pretreatment to manage the industrial pretreatment permitting process and comply with requirements under Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations for protection of the environment. The current version of the software is iPACS 2, which was installed in 2015. The upgrade is for iPACS 5 and is estimated to take three months.
EnfoTech & Consulting Inc., as developer of the iPACS system, owns the iPACs title and is the only entity authorized to license the software and provide technical services. As such, this ordinance is submitted in accordance with the relevant provisions of Chapter 329 of City Code for sole-source procurement.
SUPPLIER:
EnfoTech & Consulting Inc. | D365 Vendor #001697 | Federal EIN #22-3364641 | Expires 4/23/2024
The company does not hold MBE/WBE status but does hold EBE status.
EnfoTech & Consulting Inc. is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$63,000.00 was budgeted within the Sewer Operating Sanitary Fund for this purchase. The scope of work and cost proposal came in after budget submission and, after accounting for a 15% contingency, exceeded the initial cost estimates. The Division of Sewerage and Drainage will be able to cover the difference.
This ordinance is contingent on the passage of the 2023 Operating Budget, Ordinance 2937-2022.
$0.00 was spent in 2022
$0.00 was spent in 2021
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with enfoTech & Consulting Inc. to upgrade the iPACS software used by Division of Sewerage and Drainage Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment Group, and to authorize the expenditure of $74,750.00 from the Sewer Operating Sanitary Fund. ($74,750.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Division of Sewerage and Drainage (DOSD) Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment Group (Pretreatment) is required by law to manage and monitor industrial wastes to protect wastewater treatment plant infrastructure and surrounding watersheds; and
WHEREAS, EnfoTech & Consulting Inc.’s iPACS program enables Pretreatment to centrally manage the industrial pre-treatment permitting process and related requirements; and
WHEREAS, Pretreatment first installed the iPACS software in 2015 and this version (iPACS 2) has never been updated; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance would authorize an upgrade to iPACS 5, which is estimated to take three months; and
WHEREAS, EnfoTech & Consulting Inc. developed the iPACS system and is the only entity authorized to license the software and provide technical services; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance is being submitted in accordance with the relevant provisions of Chapter 329 of City Code related to sole-source procurement; and
WHEREAS, the expenditure of $74,750.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized in Fund 6100, Sewer Operating Sanitary Fund, in object class 03, Services, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with enfoTech & Consulting Inc. to upgrade the iPACS software used by Division of Sewerage and Drainage Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment Group; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Public Utilities is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with enfoTech & Consulting Inc., 1368 How Lane, North Brunswick, NJ 08902, to upgrade the iPACS software used by Division of Sewerage and Drainage Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment Group, in accordance with the relevant provisions of Chapter 329 of City Code related to sole-source procurement.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $74,750.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized in Fund 6100, Sewer Operating Sanitary Fund, in object class 03, Services, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this Ordinance.
SECTION 5. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law