AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Materials Management
ACM: Bryan Langley
AGENDA DATE: October 18, 2016
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Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas providing for, authorizing, and approving three (3) year software maintenance for continued vendor support of the Denton Municipal Electric (DME) ArcFM Solution and associated software modules along with new hardware and software upgrades, 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 5770 awarded to Telvent USA, LLC for a three (3) year not-to-exceed amount of $129,401).
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FILE INFORMATION
Denton Municipal Electric (DME) must maintain a master repository of records and maps for the installed electric system equipment. A geographic information/facilities management system (referred to as "GIS") was the method chosen by the City of Denton twenty years ago. GIS software assists utilities by increasing productivity, and improving services through effective management of spatial data. ArcFM is based on the industry-leading Esri ArcGIS platform, consists of a family of configurable models and a set of sophisticated tools designed to provide a highly efficient asset management solution for DME.
The ArcFM electric GIS tool allows DME the capability to run database queries on the transmission and distribution electric systems infrastructure, fiber communications infrastructure, and create engineering and operations maps. The electric GIS has become a core product for DME and is now used to provide GIS data that assists with financial fixed asset accounting, budget preparations, and presentations requiring governing board approvals, distribution engineering analysis, and outage management tracking and reporting.
It is essential for the City of Denton to keep current maintenance with the software ve...
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