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File #: 2026-187    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Contract Status: Agenda Ready
In control: Financial Services
On agenda: 9/16/2026 Final action:
Title: The Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to approve DWSD Contract 6008021 with Synkriom, for IT Staffing Services, for a total contract amount not-to-exceed $795,456.00 and a term of three (3) years. This also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
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The Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to approve DWSD Contract 6008021 with Synkriom, for IT Staffing Services, for a total contract amount not-to-exceed $795,456.00 and a term of three (3) yearsThis also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.

 

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Agenda of August 19, 2026

Item No. 2026-187

Contract No.  6008021

Contractor: Synkriom, Inc., 30 Knightsbridge Road, Suite 525, Piscataway, NJ 08854

Contract Amount: $795,456.00

Contract Term: Three (3) years (Tentatively 10/1/2026 - 9/30/2029)

 

TO:                                          The Honorable

                                          Board of Water Commissioners

                                          City of Detroit, Michigan

 

FROM:                     Gary Brown, Director

                                          Water and Sewerage Department

 

RE:                     Proposed DWSD Contract 6008021/RFB 545473

IT Staffing Services

Synkriom, Inc.

 

MOTION

 

Upon recommendation of Marqaicha Welch, Procurement Manager, the Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to approve DWSD Contract 6008021 with Synkriom, for IT Staffing Services, for a total contract amount not-to-exceed $795,456.00 and a term of three (3) yearsThis also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.

 

BACKGROUND / JUSTIFICATION

 

In order to continue to and build upon the application integration optimization work already performed, Information Technology is requesting professional technical services over a 36-month period for data management, application integrations and business process/quality assurance for critical software products and workflows within the organization. This contract provides (2) contractual staff focused on integration and improvement efforts related to the development and implementation of integration of applications, business intelligence and workflows. The related scopes of work include services to deliver a systematic approach for a technology infrastructure and integrated suite of applications that are prioritized to improve solutions that allow IT to:

                     continue improvements in architecture and integration of the AMI system and data sets into the various customer information and billing systems.

                     design, plan and implement data warehouse integrations for enterprise-scale technology platforms that use secure and cost-effective strategies.

                     design and create asset lifecycle for hardware and software within a platform that provides transparency to budget.

                     quality assurance processes and business workflow audits of IT systems to ensure that systems perform documented specifications in areas such as data security, customer privacy, data accuracy, business processes, and customer satisfaction

.

 

PROCUREMENT METHOD

 

This procurement was competitively solicited through a Request for Bids (RFB) per Requisition 545473, which was fully approved by Budget on 4/20/26. The RFB was advertised on the Michigan Inter-Governmental Trade Network (MITN) BidNet website for 50 calendar days (5/21/26 - 7/10/26). MITN published this opportunity to 2,861 companies and 426 firms downloaded at least a portion of the bid package. A total of sixty-one (61) bids were received:

Bidder

Bid Total

Equalizations

Total

Synkriom

$795,456.00

$0.00

$795,456.00

Lance Soft

$818,193.60

$0.00

$818,193.60

Galaxy Technologies

$884,520.00

$0.00

$884,520.00

E Logic

$893,592.00

$0.00

$893,592.00

Abacus Service Corp

$1,030,406.40

$0.00

$1,030,406.40

Prisa Consulting

$1,045,166.40

$0.00

$1,045,166.40

Vyze

$1,080,000.00

$0.00

$1,080,000.00

Integrateus

$1,085,760.00

$0.00

$1,085,760.00

Insight Global

$1,094,400.00

$0.00

$1,094,400.00

Comtech

$1,094,400.00

$0.00

$1,094,400.00

Zirlen Technologies

$1,159,200.00

$0.00

$1,159,200.00

Absolute

$1,195,200.00

$0.00

$1,195,200.00

Technix

$1,205,280.00

$0.00

$1,205,280.00

Youngsoft

$1,206,720.00

$0.00

$1,206,720.00

Anantics

$1,284,480.00

$0.00

$1,284,480.00

Trillium Professional

$1,285,200.00

$0.00

$1,285,200.00

Diskriter

$1,300,492.80

$0.00

$1,300,492.80

PMCS

$1,301,760.00

$0.00

$1,301,760.00

Intelliblue

$1,335,040.00

$0.00

$1,335,040.00

Sunshine Enterprises

$1,370,520.00

$0.00

$1,370,520.00

Pantheon

$1,440,000.00

$0.00

$1,440,000.00

Gen Sigma

$1,504,800.00

$0.00

$1,504,800.00

Effervescent Consulting

$1,555,200.00

$0.00

$1,555,200.00

Marcman Solutions

$1,576,800.00

$0.00

$1,576,800.00

XT Global

$1,621,440.00

$0.00

$1,621,440.00

Techgene Solutions

$1,634,400.00

$0.00

$1,634,400.00

Raj Technologies

$1,647,360.00

$0.00

$1,647,360.00

Dhaka Technologies

$1,670,400.00

$0.00

$1,670,400.00

Infojin

$1,681,560.00

$0.00

$1,681,560.00

SOAL Technologies

$1,730,880.00

$0.00

$1,730,880.00

Alpha Technologies

$1,749,600.00

$0.00

$1,749,600.00

Information Resource Group

$1,756,800.00

$0.00

$1,756,800.00

 

Bids from 29 companies were deemed non-responsible because their bids failed to meet minimum qualifications for the project.

The evaluation of the bids was based on the lowest bid price. As the apparent low bidder, Synkriom, Inc. was evaluated and determined to be responsive. The bid tab and responsiveness evaluation, and Synkriom, Inc.’s bid was forwarded to the IT Division for review and approval to move forward with the recommended vendor. Therefore, it is recommended that Synkriom, Inc. be awarded the contract resulting from RFB 545473 in the amount of $795,456.00.

Synkriom, Inc. has approved tax clearances through 8/19/27.

 

SUMMARY

 

A.                     Contract No.:                      6008021/RFB 545473

B.                     Contractor:                      Synkriom, Inc

C.                     Anticipated Contract Term:                       3 years (Tentatively 10/1/2026 - 9/30/2029)

D.                     Contract Amount:                     $795,456.00.

E.                     Anticipated FY Breakdown:                     

FY 27 $195,456.00

FY 28: $290,000.00

FY 29: $290,000.00

FY 30: $20,000.00

 

F.                     Funding Source:                     O & M Funds

G.                     GL String:    5720-20168-483301-617400-000000-00000-0000-000000 - Water 47.1%

                                          5820-20179-493301-617400-000000-00000-0000-000000 - Sewer 52.9%

 

This proposed Contract was presented to the BOWC Finance Committee on September 2, 2026.  Per the DWSD Procurement Policy, Mayoral Review will also be obtained.