Title
Approval of the (REVISED) Amendment to the Software as a Service/Spectrum and Technical Support Agreement with Sensus USA, Inc., and Amendment No. 1 to Services Agreement No. AGR19-912 with Ferguson, Inc. in the amount of $175,580.00, plus applicable gross receipts tax, for the Purpose of Implementing an Advanced Metering Infrastructure Customer Portal
Recommended Action
I move that the Board of Public Utilities approve the Amendment to the Software as a Service/Spectrum and Technical Support Agreement with Sensus USA, Inc., which is Exhibit D to AGR19-912 with Ferguson, Inc., for the purpose of implementing an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Customer Portal, funding for which is payable through the Ferguson agreement. I further move that the Board approve Amendment No. 1 to Services Agreement No. AGR19-912 with Ferguson, Inc. in the amount of $175,580.00, plus applicable gross receipts tax for the AMI Customer Portal. I further move that the Board forward both amendments to Council for approval and authorize the Utilities Manager to sign both amendments.
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends approval as presented.
Body
This amendment was presented to the Utility Board in September. Soon after the September Utility Board meeting we received some proposed changes to the amendment from Sensus. The changes received were to incorporate the portal scope into the agreement by amending an existing exhibit in the original agreement. In addition, payment was not adequately addressed in their proposed changes. We have coordinated the suggested format changes and addressed the cost element of the portal to our satisfaction. The cost presented now is significantly more than the cost presented in September for the following reasons. The base cost of the portal for ten years and up to 1,500 annual users is $108,111.68. In addition to the base cost, an amount of $67,468.32 is added to the contract to allow for additional users in excess ...
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