BOARD MEETING DATE: October 1, 2004
AGENDA NO. 7

PROPOSAL:

Amend Contracts to Provide Short- and Long-Term Systems Development and Support Services

SYNOPSIS:

The AQMD currently has contracts with several companies for short- and long-term systems development services. These contracts are periodically amended to add budgeted funds as additional needs are defined. This action is to amend the contracts approved by the Board to add additional funding for needed development work. Funds for this purchase are included in the FY 2004-05 Budget.

COMMITTEE:

Administrative, September 10, 2004, Recommended for Approval

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Authorize the Executive Officer to execute amendments to the contracts for systems development services in the total amount of $285,000: $95,000 to Applied Knowledge, $95,000 to CMC Americas and $95,000 to R Systems, Inc.

Barry R. Wallerstein, D.Env.
Executive Officer


Background

At the November 1, 2002 meeting, the Board authorized staff to initiate level-of-effort contracts with several vendors for system development and support services. At the time these contracts were executed, it was expected that they would be modified in the future to add funding from approved budgets as system development requirements were identified and sufficiently defined so that task orders could be prepared.

The contracts are Basic Ordering Agreements: Individual task orders are issued on both a competitive and sole-source basis (depending on the size and complexity of the system), after review of prior successful experience of the company and associated administrative costs of the bid process relative to the costs associated with the work effort. System development efforts are currently needed (see Attachment 1) to enhance system functionality and to provide AQMD staff with additional automation for improving productivity. The estimated cost to complete the work on these additional tasks exceeds the amount of funding in the existing contracts.

The current contracts are for one year with the option to renew for two one-year periods. Renewal of these contracts is contingent upon performance, competitiveness, percent of tasks bid and overall customer satisfaction.

This item is listed on the "Status Report on Major Projects for Information Management."

Proposal

Staff proposes the contracts be amended to add additional funding ($285,000) in the amounts of $95,000 to Applied Knowledge, $95,000 to CMC Americas and $95,000 to R Systems, Inc. for the specific task orders listed in Attachment 1.

Resource Impacts

Sufficient funding is included in the FY 2004–05 Budget.

Attachment

Attachment 1 – Task Orders Summary

 

ATTACHMENT 1
Task Orders Summary

Section A – Funding Totals by Contract

Contractor

Previous
Funding

This
Addition

Total
Funding

Applied Knowledge, Inc.

$311,000

$95,000

$406,000

CMC Americas

$307,000

$95,000

$402,000

R Systems, Inc.

$647,000

$95,000

$742,000

TOTAL

$1,265,000

$285,000

$1,550,000

Section B – Task Orders Scheduled for Award

Task

Description

Estimate

Facility Permit Delinquency Processing

Modify online and billing programs to allow application/device level expirations delinquency processing

$50,000

Rule 301Y Implementation

Enhance PAATS and PPS to support the optional expedited permit processing requirements of R301Y

$30,000

RTC QCER Settlement Report

Develop Quarterly report of composite emissions on the web

$20,000

PPS Maintenance and Enhancements

Enhance the PPS application to provide additional tracking, printing and copying functions for permit streamlining

$50,000

Title V Tracking Software Maintenance

Migrate Title V tagging, tracking and administrative functions to PPS for permit streamlining

$25,000

CLASS System Maintenance - Ingres 2.6 Upgrade

Upgrade and enhance CLASS applications to utilize Ingres 2.6 performance optimization features

$60,000

Technology Upgrades

Build web application infrastructure/framework and migrate web applications to .NET technology

$50,000

 

TOTAL

$285,000

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