Detroit Water and Sewerage Department
File #: 2025-76    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Contract Status: Agenda Ready
In control: Financial Services
On agenda: 4/16/2025 Final action:
Title: The Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to approve DWSD Contract 6007082 with Technology Digest Inc., for As-Needed GIS Support Services, for a total contract amount not-to-exceed $475,000.00 and a term of two (2) years. This also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
Indexes: Board of Water Commissioners, Finance Committee
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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 6007082 with Technology Digest Inc., for As-Needed GIS Support Services, for a total contract amount not-to-exceed $475,000.00 and a term of two (2) 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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Agenda of April 16, 2025
Item No. 2025-76
Contract No.: 6007082
Contractor: Technology Digest Inc., 11300 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852
Contract Amount: $475,000.00
Contract Term: Two (2) years

TO: The Honorable
Board of Water Commissioners
City of Detroit, Michigan

FROM: Gary Brown, Director
Water and Sewerage Department

RE: Proposed DWSD Contract 6007082
As-Needed GIS Support Services
Technology Digest 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 6007082 with Technology Digest Inc., for As-Needed GIS Support Services, for a total contract amount not-to-exceed $475,000.00 and a term of two (2) years. This also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.


BACKGROUND / JUSTIFICATION

The objective of the proposed contract is to provide Geographic Information System (GIS) services by creating mapping services to visualize different types and layers of data to see trends and monitor changes within an area, edit and transfer historical as-built digital information, as well as editing of the GIS database to provide updated information to Operations and Engineering groups as well as supporting inter-agency requests.

The department has an estimated 700 field book documents that the Consultant will work to perform quality assurance reviews before updating the DWSD GIS database. DWSD has upd...

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