AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Materials Management
ACM: Bryan Langley
AGENDA DATE: August 16, 2016
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Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas providing for, authorizing, and approving a professional services agreement between the City of Denton and SSP Innovations to assist Denton Municipal Electric with their Operation Technology including General Information Systems (GIS) and related software which is available from only one source and in accordance with Chapter 252.022 of the Texas Local Government Code such purchases are exempt from the requirements of competitive bidding; and providing an effective date (File 6122-in the three (3) year not-to-exceed amount of $2,000,000). The Public Utilities Board recommends approval (6-0).
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After gaining input from numerous departments within Denton Municipal Electric (DME), as well as departments outside of DME such as the City of Denton Technology Services and Customer Service, Denton Municipal Electric has developed a comprehensive five (5) year roadmap called the "Innovation Plan". The Innovation Plan contains a number of short and long term integrations that provide direct and indirect service improvement to its customers. The Innovation Plan is extensive and the need for an outside contractor to provide professional services was identified. A detailed description of the work to be performed is included in the attached Public Utilities Board Agenda Information Sheet (Exhibit 1).
The recommended vendor, SSP Innovations, LLC, has performed installation, configuration, data conversion, data modeling, and training projects for many utilities. This work around solution oriented consulting will help DME with many projects including database health and tuning, upgrades, and filling needed technological gaps with customization and integration projects. SSP Innovations, LLC has performed work for many other municipal utilities across the United States ...
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