SUBJECT: Request for approval of spending authority for INFOR Public Sector, Inc., for the purchase of Professional Services in the amount not to exceed $995,000.00.
RECOMMENDATION: (Summary) Approve spending authority for the purchase of INFOR Professional Services in an amount not to exceed $995,000.00.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: The Director of the Department of Public Works & Engineering recommends that the City Council approve spending authority to issue purchase orders to INFOR Public Sector, Inc. for the purchase of professional services in an amount not to exceed $995,000.00.
On March 1, 2011 the Director of Public Works and Engineering Department presented to the Budget and Fiscal Affairs Committee the department’s plan to replace its legacy 25-year old Water Billing and Customer Information System (WCIS) with a web based user interfaced solution; INFOR Public Sector, Inc. INFOR (Hansen) CIS Utility Billing is a modernized Water, Sewer, and Drainage Customer Information and Billing System and was launched on May 1, 2016. The Professional Services being requested include final stabilization of the new billing system, risk management, business continuity initiatives, bill print and mailing services. The new bill print and mailing service will result in $1.4M savings over three (3) years compared to current pricing.
This item was presented to the Transportation, Technology and Infrastructure Committee on October 17, 2016.
Pay or Play: The proposed contracts require compliance with the City’s “Pay or Play” ordinance regarding health benefits for employees of City contractors. In this case, INFOR Public Sector, Inc. provides health benefits to eligible employees in compliance with City policy has elected to both pay and to play into the Contractor Responsibility Fund and provide health benefits to eligible employees in compliance with City policy.
M/WBE Participation: Zero-Percentage Goal document approved by the Office of Business Opportunity.
Fiscal Note:
Funding for this item is included in the FY’17 Adopted Budget. Therefore, No Fiscal Note is required as stated in the Financial Policy Ord. No.: 2014-1078
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Dale A. Rudick, P.E., Director
Department of Public Works and Engineering