The Director of the Houston Health Department (HHD) recommends that City Council approve and authorize a settlement agreement between the City of Houston and Qualtrics, LLC (Qualtrics) pertaining to an Emergency Purchase Order (EPO #SPD-JSA-03302022-002) for a Covid related IT platform.
As background regarding this settlement agreement, an EPO was issued to Qualtrics on March 30, 2022, for the purchase, implementation and maintenance of an information collection, analysis and insights platform supporting contact tracing, case investigation, Covid testing and several other initiatives for HHD. After the EPO was issued, the Legal Department drafted an EPO addendum, which is the contractual document that outlines the terms of the agreement between the parties. Delivery of the EPO addendum to Qualtrics initiated the negotiation process between the parties has lasted over a year and is still ongoing. Qualtrics has continued to provide services during the negotiation period but has not been paid for such services. Therefore, the parties agreed that a settlement agreement to enable payment to the vendor should be issued while the negotiation of the EPO addendum is being completed to avoid any interruption of services.
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Stephen L. Williams M.Ed., M.P.A
Director, Houston Health Department
Estimated Spending Authority
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Department
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FY25
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Out Years
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Total
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Houston Health Department
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$790,500.00
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-
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$790,500.00 |