Title
Approval of Amendment No. 1 to Services Agreement No. AGR18-20 with Intellibind Technologies, LLC in the amount of $300,000.00 for a Total Contract Amount of $800,000.00, plus Applicable Gross Receipts Tax, for the Purpose of Critical Infrastructure Protection Version 5 Comprehensive Patch Management Services
Recommended Action
I move that Council approve Amendment No. 1 to Services Agreement No. AGR18-20 with Intellibind Technologies, LLC in the amount of $300,000.00 for a Total Contract Amount of $800,000.00, plus Applicable Gross Receipts Tax, for the Purpose of Critical Infrastructure Protection Version 5 Comprehensive Patch Management Services.
Utilities Manager Recommendation
The Utilities Manager recommends that Council approve the motion as presented.
Board, Commission or Committee Recommendation
The Board of Public Utilities recommends that Council approve the motion as presented.
Body
In July of 2016 new cyber security regulations, North American Electric Reliability Corporation Critical Infrastructure Protection Version 5 (CIP-5), were implemented that apply to the operators of electric transmission lines. The Los Alamos Power Pool comprised of DOE/LANL and Los Alamos County share responsibilities in operating "pool assets". LANL/DOE owns approximately 21 miles of transmission line, triggering the CIP-5 regulations, and the DPU owns and operates the electric Supervisory Controls and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system supporting the pool's electric infrastructure. The CIP-5 regulations apply to the DPU SCADA system.
When the RFP was issued for these services the plan was to transfer the Electric SCADA System to LANL by January 2019. Since then the schedule has moved out by two years. LANL will not be ready to take over the system until 2021. We will remain contractually responsible for performing the Patching of the SCADA system until LANL takes over the system and we will need the services of Intellibind until then...
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