Title
Approval of Amendment No. 1 to Services Agreement No. AGR16-056 with AESI-US, Inc. in the amount of $219,750.00, plus Applicable Gross Receipts Tax, for the Purpose of Support Services for North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) / Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) Cyber Security Standards
Recommended Action
I move that the Board of Public Utilities approve Amendment No. 1 to Services Agreement No. AGR16-056 with AESI-US, Inc. in the amount of $219,750.00, plus Applicable Gross Receipts Tax, for the Purpose of Support Services for North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) / Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) Cyber Security Standards and forward to Council for approval.
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends the Board approve the amendment as presented.
Body
The current agreement with AESI -US, Inc. is for services to assist both LANL and Los Alamos County meet the Critical Infrastructure Protection (“CIP”) Reliability Version 5 Standards that became effective on July 1, 2016. AESI-US, Inc. services are related to four primary tasks which include preforming a mock audit, perform software patching, perform a vulnerability assessment of the CIPv5 compliance program and provide miscellaneous support on a task by task basis. The existing agreement amount is for $189,750.00. The task by task support component of the agreement is limited to $50,000. This amendment will increase this component of the agreement by $30,000 for a total of $80,000. At this early stage of the compliance program implementation, both LANL and DPU staff still require compliance guidance and technical consultation on the varuious SCADA sytem and software upgrades performed over the last 6 months to meet the new compliance requirements.
Alternatives
If the amendment is not approved, compliance with the CIPv5 requirements will be at risk.
Fiscal and Staff Impact
The work performed in this agreement is funded by both LAN...
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