Detroit Water and Sewerage Department
File #: 17-0047    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Contract, Change Order Status: Passed
In control: Financial Services
On agenda: 2/15/2017 Final action: 2/15/2017
Title: The Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to grant an increase of $250,000.00 in the contract price and an extension of five (5) months for Contract No. CS-1796 "Staffing Augmentation" with iVantage Group, Inc. (Consultant), and 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

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The Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to grant an increase of $250,000.00 in the contract price and an extension of five (5) months for Contract No. CS-1796 “Staffing Augmentation” with iVantage Group, Inc. (Consultant), and 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 February 15, 2017

Item No. 17-0047

Proposed Contract No. CS-1796

Change Order No. 5

Time Extension: Five (5) Months

Amount: $250,000.00

 

TO:                     The Honorable

                     Board of Water Commissioners

                     City of Detroit, Michigan

 

FROM:                      Gary Brown, Director

                      Water and Sewerage Department

 

RE:                     DWSD Contract No. CS-1796, Change Order No. 5

                     “Staffing Augmentation”

                     Consultant: iVantage Group, Inc.

 

MOTION

 

Upon recommendation of Marcus Hudson, Chief Financial Officer, the Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to grant an increase of $250,000.00 in the contract price and an extension of five (5) months for Contract No. CS-1796 “Staffing Augmentation” with iVantage Group, Inc. (Consultant), and also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.

 

JUSTIFICATION

 

This Change Order No. 5 is needed because of the additional workload caused by the implementation of Fusion to support the DWSD Purchasing Division, Public Finance and Accounts Payables (AP) for supplier payment resolutions and database connectivity between legacy systems and the new Oracle Fusion currently in final basic implementation stages.

 

BACKGROUND

 

 DWSD Contract No. CS-1796 was awarded on April 13, 2016 for a total amount of $202,800.00. Change Order No.1 was approved on June 23, 2016, by DWSD’s Director for a price increase of $202,800.00 with an amount not to exceed $405,600.00 and extend the final completion date from June 30, 2016 to June 30, 2017.   Change Order No. 2 was approved on August 26, 2016, by DWSD’s Director to amend Exhibit B - Schedule of Fees and Expenses. Change Order No. 3 was approved on October 14, 2016, by DWSD’s Director for a price increase of $45,000.00 with an amount not to exceed $450,600.00 and to amend Exhibit B - Schedule of Fees and Expenses.  Change Order No. 4 was approved on October 28, 2016, by DWSD’s Director for a price increase of $41,568.00 with an amount not to exceed $492,168.00 and to amend Exhibit B - Schedule of Fees and Expenses.

 

PROJECT TASKS

 

Provide Functional and Technical Support for Cognos

                     Support issue resolution processes

                     Deliver additional training as directed

                     Support CBMS and Retail Billing

                     Update Cognos reports, data imports and exports, user profiles, and other materials as necessary

                     Update Cognos configuration documentation as necessary

                     Troubleshooting of potential issues with EnQuesta interfaces

                     Development of multiplatform reports with EnQuesta, Inovah, Selecton and Invoice Cloud

                     Support of regression testing of production reports if necessary

                     Support of data correction activities if necessary

                     Application of Cognos patches as necessary

                     Resolution of technical, data, and batch reporting issues in production instance

 

PROJECT MANAGEMENT STATUS

 

A.                     Start Work Date:                     December 7, 2015

 

B.                     Original Completion Date:                     June 30, 2016

 

C.                     Current Completion Date:                     June 30, 2017

                                                               

D.                     Revised Completion Date:                     November 30, 2017

                                          

E.                     Original Contract Amount:                     $202,800.00

F.                     Current Contract Price:                     $492,168.00

G.                       Revised Contract Price:                     $742,168.00