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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
This PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made and entered into by
and between the CITY OF FORT WORTH (the "City"), a home rule municipal corporation situated in
portions of Tarrant, Denton and Wise Counties, Texas, acting by and through Fernando Costa, its duly
authorized Assistant City Manager, with its principle place of business at 1000 Throckmorton Street, Fort
Worth, Texas 76102 and Westin Engineering Inc. ("Consultant"), a California Corporation and acting
by and through Brett Matlick , its duly authorized CFO or Douglas J. Harp its duly authorized president
and CEO, with its principle place of business at 3100 Zinfandel Drive, Suite 300, Rancho Cordova, CA
95670.
1. SCOPE OF SERVICES.
Consultant hereby agrees to provide the City with professional consulting services for the
purpose of updating the City's Water Information Technology master plan. Consultant will evaluate future
information technology initiatives to ensure the City's Water Department ("Department") has a robust,
modular, scalable and sustainable technological platform that allows the Department to conduct
business. Attached hereto and incorporated for all purposes incident to this Agreement is Exhibit "A,"
Statement of Work, more specifically describing the services to be provided hereunder.
2. TERM.
This Agreement shall commence upon the last date that both the City and Consultant have
executed this Agreement ("Effective Date") and shall continue in full force and effect until completion of all
services contemplated by this Agreement, but not later than one year following the date of execution,
unless terminated earlier in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
3. COMPENSATION.
The City shall pay Consultant an amount not to exceed $178,670 in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement. Consultant shall not perform any additional services for the City not
specified by this Agreement unless the City requests and approves in writing the additional costs for such
services. The City shall not be liable for any additional expenses of Consultant not specified by this
Agreement unless the City first approves such expenses in writing.
4. TERMINATION.
4.1. Written Notice.
The City or Consultant may terminate this Agreement at any time and for any reason by
providing the other party with 30 days written notice of termination.
4.2 Non-appropriation of Funds.
In the event no funds or insufficient funds are appropriated by the City in any fiscal period
for any payments due hereunder, City will notify Consultant of such occurrence and this
Agreement shall terminate on the last day of the fiscal period for which appropriations were
received without penalty or expense to the City of any kind whatsoever, except as to the portions
of the payments herein agreed upon for which funds shall have been appropriated.
4.3 Duties and Obligations of the Parties.
In the event that this Agreement is terminated prior to the Expiration Date, the City shall
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pay Consultant for services actually rendered up to the effective date of termination and
Consultant shall continue to provide the City with services requested by the City and in
accordance with this Agreement up to the effective date of termination.
5. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
Consultant hereby warrants to the City that Consultant has made full disclosure in writing of any
existing or potential conflicts of interest related to Consultant's services under this Agreement. In the
event that any conflicts of interest arise after the Effective Date of this Agreement, Consultant hereby
agrees immediately to make full disclosure to the City in writing. Consultant, for itself and its officers,
agents and employees, further agrees that it shall treat all information provided to it by the City as
confidential and shall not disclose any such information to a third party without the prior written approval
of the City. Consultant shall store and maintain City Information in a secure manner and shall not allow
unauthorized users to access, modify, delete or otherwise corrupt City Information in any way.
Consultant shall notify the City immediately if the security or integrity of any City information has been
compromised or is believed to have been compromised.
6. RIGHT TO AUDIT.
Consultant agrees that the City shall, until the expiration of three (3) years after final payment
under this contract, have access to and the right to examine at reasonable times any directly pertinent
books, documents, papers and records of the consultant involving transactions relating to this Contract
at no additional cost to the City. Consultant agrees that the City shall have access during normal
working hours to all necessary Consultant facilities and shall be provided adequate and appropriate work
space in order to conduct audits in compliance with the provisions of this section. The City shall give
Consultant reasonable advance notice of intended audits.
Consultant further agrees to include in all its subcontractor agreements hereunder a provision to
the effect that the subcontractor agrees that the City shall, until expiration of three (3) years after final
payment of the subcontract, have access to and the right to examine at reasonable times any directly
pertinent books, documents, papers and records of such subcontractor involving transactions related to
the subcontract, and further that City shall have access during normal working hours to all subcontractor
facilities and shall be provided adequate and appropriate work space in order to conduct audits in
compliance with the provisions of this paragraph. City shall give subcontractor reasonable notice of
intended audits.
7. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.
It is expressly understood and agreed that Consultant shall operate as an independent
contractor as to all rights and privileges granted herein, and not as agent, representative or employee of
the City. Subject to and in accordance with the conditions and provisions of this Agreement, Consultant
shall have the exclusive right to control the details of its operations and activities and be solely
responsible for the acts and omissions of its officers, agents, servants, employees, contractors and
subcontractors. Consultant acknowledges that the doctrine of respondeat superior shall not apply as
between the City, its officers, agents, servants and employees, and Consultant, its officers, agents,
employees, servants, contractors and subcontractors. Consultant further agrees that nothing herein
shall be construed as the creation of a partnership or joint enterprise between City and Consultant.
8. LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION.
CONSULTANT SHALL BE LIABLE FOR PROPERTY LOSS, PROPERTY DAMAGE ANDIOR
PERSONAL INJURY, INCLUDING DEATH, TO ANYAND ALL PERSONS, TO THE EXTENT CAUSED
BY THE NEGLIGENT ACT(S) OR OMISSION(S), MALFEASANCE OR INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT
OF CONSULTANT, ITS OFFICERS, AGENTS, SERVANTS OR EMPLOYEES.
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CONSULTANT COVENANTS AND AGREES TO, AND DOES HEREBY, INDEMNIFY AND
HOLD HARMLESS THE CITY, ITS OFFICERS, AGENTS, SERVANTS AND EMPLOYEES, FROM
AND AGAINST CLAIMS OR LAWSUITS FOR EITHER PROPERTY DAMAGE OR LOSS TO
CONSULTANT'S BUSINESS AND ANY RESULTING LOST PROFITS)ANDIOR PERSONAL INJURY,
INCLUDING DEATH, TO ANY AND ALL PERSONS, ARISING OUT OF OR /N CONNECTION WITH
THIS AGREEMENT, TO THE EXTENT CAUSED BY THE NEGLIGENT ACTS OR OMISSIONS OR
MALFEASANCE OF CONSULTANT, ITS OFFICERS, AGENTS, SERVANTS OR EMPLOYEES.
9. ASSIGNMENT AND SUBCONTRACTING.
Consultant shall not assign or subcontract any of its duties, obligations or rights under this
Agreement without the prior written consent of the City. If the City grants consent to an assignment, the
assignee shall execute a written agreement with the City and the Consultant under which the assignee
agrees to be bound by the duties and obligations of Consultant under this Agreement. The Consultant
and Assignee shall be jointly liable for all obligations under this Agreement prior to the assignment. If the
City grants consent to a subcontract, the subcontractor shall execute a written agreement with the
Consultant referencing this Agreement under which the subcontractor shall agree to be bound by the
duties and obligations of the Consultant under this Agreement as such duties and obligations may apply.
The Consultant shall provide the City with a fully executed copy of any such subcontract.
10. INSURANCE.
Consultant shall provide the City with certificate(s) of insurance documenting policies of the
following minimum coverage limits that are to be in effect prior to commencement of any work pursuant
to this Agreement:
10.1 Coverage and Limits
(a) Commercial General Liability
$1,000,000 Each Occurrence
$1,000,000 Aggregate
(b) Automobile Liability
$1,000,000 Each occurrence combined single limit
Coverage shall be on any vehicle used by the Consultant, its employees, agents,
representatives in the course of the providing services under this Agreement.
"Any vehicle"shall be any vehicle owned, hired and non-owned
(c) Worker's Compensation
Statutory limits
Employer's liability
$100,000 Each accident/occurrence
$100,000 Disease-per each employee
$500,000 Disease- policy limit
This coverage may be written as follows:
Workers' Compensation and Employers' Liability coverage with limits consistent with
statutory benefits outlined in the Texas workers' Compensation Act (Art. 8308 — 1.01 et
seq. Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat.) and minimum policy limits for Employers' Liability of$100,000
each accident/occurrence, $500,000 bodily injury disease policy limit and $100,000 per
disease per employee
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(d) Professional Liability(Errors & Omissions)
$1,000,000 Each Claim Limit
$1,000,000 Aggregate Limit
Coverage shall be claims-made, and maintained for the duration of the
contractual agreement and for two (2)years following completion of services
provided. An annual certificate of insurance shall be submitted to the City to
evidence coverage.
10.2 Certificates.
Certificates of Insurance evidencing that the Consultant has obtained all required
insurance shall be delivered to the City prior to Consultant proceeding with any work
pursuant to this Agreement. All policies shall be endorsed to name the City as an
additional insured thereon, as its interests may appear. The term City shall include its
employees, officers, officials, agent, and volunteers in respect to the contracted services.
Any failure on the part of the City to request required insurance documentation shall not
constitute a waiver of the insurance requirement. A minimum of thirty (30) days notice of
cancellation shall be provided to the City. Ten (10) days notice shall be acceptable in the
event of non-payment of premium. Such terms shall be endorsed onto Consultant's
insurance policies. Notice shall be sent to the Risk Manager, City of Fort Worth, 1000
Throckmorton, Fort Worth, Texas 76102, with copies to the City Attorney at the same
address.
11. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, ORDINANCES, RULES AND REGULATIONS.
Consultant agrees to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, ordinances, rules
and regulations. If the City notifies Consultant of any violation of such laws, ordinances, rules or
regulations, Consultant shall immediately desist from and correct the violation.
12. NON-DISCRIMINATION COVENANT.
Consultant, for itself, its personal representatives, assigns, subcontractors and successors in
interest, as part of the consideration herein, agrees that in the performance of Consultant's duties and
obligations hereunder, it shall not discriminate in the treatment or employment of any individual or group of
individuals on any basis prohibited by law. If any claim arises from an alleged violation of this non-
discrimination covenant by Consultant, its personal representatives, assigns, subcontractors or
successors in interest, Consultant agrees to assume such liability and to indemnify the City and hold the
City harmless from such claim.
13. NOTICES.
Notices required pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall be conclusively determined
to have been delivered when (1) hand-delivered to the other party, its agents, employees, servants or
representatives, (2) delivered by facsimile with electronic confirmation of the transmission, or (3)
received by the other party by United States Mail, registered, return receipt requested, addressed as
follows.-
To The CITY: To CONSULTANT:
City of Fort Worth/Water Department Westin Engineering, Inc.
1000 Throckmorton Howard G Richards, PE
Fort Worth TX 76102-6311 1401 Elm Street, Suite 3750
Facsimile: (817) 392-8699 Dallas, TX 75202
(214) 337-3691 (fax)
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14. SOLICITATION OF EMPLOYEES.
Neither the City nor Consultant shall, during the term of this agreement and additionally for a
period of one year after its termination, solicit for employment or employ, whether as employee or
independent contractor, any person who is or has been employed by the other during the term of this
agreement, without the prior written consent of the person's employer.
15. GOVERNMENTAL POWERS.
It is understood and agreed that by execution of this Agreement, the City does not waive or
surrender any of its governmental powers.
16. NO WAIVER.
The failure of the City or Consultant to insist upon the performance of any term or provision of
this Agreement or to exercise any right granted herein shall not constitute a waiver of the City's or
Consultant's respective right to insist upon appropriate performance or to assert any such right on any
future occasion.
17. GOVERNING LAW/VENUE.
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Texas. If
any action, whether real or asserted, at law or in equity, is brought on the basis of this Agreement, venue
for such action shall lie in state courts located in Tarrant County, Texas or the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division.
18. SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired.
19. FORCE MAJEURE.
The City and Consultant shall exercise their best efforts to meet their respective duties and
obligations as set forth in this Agreement, but shall not be held liable for any delay or omission in
performance due to force majeure or other causes beyond their reasonable control (force majeure),
including, but not limited to, compliance with any government law, ordinance or regulation, acts of God,
acts of the public enemy, fires, strikes, lockouts, natural disasters, wars, riots, material or labor
restrictions by any governmental authority, transportation problems and/or any other similar causes.
20. HEADINGS NOT CONTROLLING.
Headings and titles used in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not be
deemed a part of this Agreement.
21. REVIEW OF COUNSEL.
The parties acknowledge that each party and its counsel have reviewed and revised this
Agreement and that the normal rules of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved
against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of this Agreement or exhibits hereto.
22. AMENDMENTS/ MODIFICATIONS/EXTENSTIONS.
No extension, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding upon a party hereto
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unless such extension, modification, or amendment is set forth in a written instrument, which is executed
by an authorized representative and delivered on behalf of such party.
23. ENTIRETY OF AGREEMENT.
This Agreement, including the schedule of exhibits attached hereto and any documents
incorporated herein by reference, contains the entire understanding and agreement between the City
and Consultant, their assigns and successors in interest, as to the matters contained herein. Any prior or
contemporaneous oral or written agreement is hereby declared null and void to the extent in conflict with
any provision of this Agreement.
24. SIGNATURE AUTHORITY.
The person signing this agreement hereby warrants that he/she has the legal authority to execute
this agreement on behalf of the respective party, and that such binding authority has been granted by
proper order, resolution, ordinance or other authorization of the entity. The other party is fully entitled to
rely on this warranty and representation into this Agreement.
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IN "'iTniESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement in multiples this( !day of
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CITY OF FORT WORTH: WESTiN ENGINEERi G, INC.:
By: �� By:_
Fernando Costa Na e: Brett Matlick
Assistant City Manager Title: CfF
Date: Date:
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By: By:
Marty He ix
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
Males �a B. Farmer
Assistant City Attorney
OFFICIAL RECORD
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EXHIBIT A
STATEMENT OF WORK
Westin's approach results in prioritized, well-planned, and adequately-funded projects. We will
address the tasks requested in the RFP with the following project steps:
Task 100 — Project Management
Westin's skilled project management staff will apply proven project management methods to
ensure that your project is organized and efficient. The Project Management task includes:
1. Project Plans: Clearly defined scope, schedules, budgets and resources.
2. Project Controls: Designed to manage performance for on-time, on-budget delivery.
3. Project Communications: Minimizes surprises and facilitates buy-in.
4. Risk and Issues Management: Addresses risks in a timely manner, enabling quick
assessment of potential impacts and determination of risk mitigation plans.
5. Decision Management: Facilitate proactive decision making to maintain project momentum.
6. Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC): Formalized program which ensures high-
quality deliverables through regular peer reviews and independent satisfaction checks.
Task 200 —Assessment
The Assessment Phase is focused on determining the current, or "as-is", status; sharing best
practices and industry trends; identifying gaps compared to best practices; and formulating
recommendations for improvements of information management and technology, operations
control and automation, and business processes within the Department. The current condition
assessments — performed over the technology and organizational dimensions in parallel —
establish the baseline for the remaining IT master planning work. We look forward to reviewing
the current status of both your business and IT strategic planning, so that we can more
effectively collaborate on the assessment and remaining project phases.
During this phase, business and operations areas that can benefit from business process re-
engineering and the application of new technologies are identified. Existing business plans and
strategies are reviewed and discussed with Department executives. Solutions and improvement
The Path from Planning to Action Ensures Program Continuity
Task 100: Project Management Future Program Management
r.
Technology Technical Technical Final ITSP Utility-wide systems implementations
review strategies planning •Next steps •Enhance existing applications
•Organization •Organization •Organization •New applications acquisition and/or
review strategies planning development
•Functional •Prioritization •Implement new and evolving
needs technologies
•Current •Enhance and/or extend technical
initiatives infrastructure
•Best practices/ •Roll-out IT best practices policies
gaps and processes J
Scope of IT Strategic Planning Potential Scope of IT Program
benefits not addressed in current initiatives are identified. Through these means, our approach
expands our mutual understanding of the configuration, performance, and maintainability of
existing systems so as to formulate plans to extend the value of those systems. Our
assessment approach also expands understanding of the systems integration required to
support business process improvement initiatives, including staffing and skills acquisition
requirements.
Westin has developed a structured approach for conducting IT Assessments for public utilities and
government agencies. Our assessments address a full range of integrated technology and
organizational dimensions in your utility, including IT governance, IT initiative identification and
prioritization, IT procurement and sourcing strategies, IT applications, IT infrastructure, systems
integration technologies, decision/analytical systems, security, disaster recovery, plant controls and
automation, and others. All business processes are put on the table for improvement consideration,
based upon proven principles of business performance management and improvement.
Our approach to conducting assessments recognizes the unique organizational characteristics
of service organizations such as yours. We utilize a combination of IT services survey for end-
users, Technical Team interviews, IT Strategic Plan Committee workshops, IT Governance
Board workshops, interviews with outside stakeholders (such as other municipal groups and
independent agencies), site walkthroughs (to view systems and technologies), and review of
existing business and technology documentation. For example, in assessing the status of the
Authority's current SCADA system components, Westin will review existing system
documentation, conduct site visits to representative facilities, and conduct a series of
workshops with key SCADA system stakeholder groups.
Westin uses a facilitated process for completing an analysis of FWWD's Strengths,
Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats/Obstacles (or SWOT Analysis) of systems and
processes. The strengths and weaknesses are consolidated during the assessment to ensure
that all needs are taken into consideration as we move through the planning process.
Assessment findings, conclusions, and recommendations are captured in an Assessment
Report —which is reviewed with the IT Strategic Plan Committee and the IT Governance Board
to ensure validation. Per consulting guidelines and executive preferences, the assessment
findings are shared with Department staff as appropriate. We have found that the Assessment
Report helps catalyze a mutual understanding of what generally needs to be addressed through
strategic planning and programmatic implementation of integrated systems and streamlined
business processes.
A number of short-term and long-term recommendations typically arise from our assessment
activities — including organizational, management, governance, and staffing recommendations.
Some of these recommendations can be acted upon by the Department immediately. Other
recommendations may be folded into broader strategies formulated later in the project.
Our assessments address the technology issues from both the business perspective and from
the technology perspective. We review your existing information technologies from the
perspective of management, users, and the technologists. We also review the process by which
your organization makes technology investment decisions and how it goes about executing on
those decisions. Later, during Strategy Formulation, we assist your organization in considering
improvements for technology investment decision making and technology implementation and
management in the future.
This comprehensive approach to assessing the Department assures a complete understanding
of the current situation as well as future business, technology, and automation issues that the
organization has yet to attend to.
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Task 300 — Strategy Formulation
Using the results of the Assessment process, Westin uses a facilitated strategic planning
process to develop an overarching set of strategies for the Department's information
management/technology, plant automation, and business process re-engineering. This includes
both Technical Strategies and Organizational Strategies. The first step involves consolidating
the assessment findings and conclusions, identifying improvement opportunities, and
formulating strategies for acting upon those opportunities. Working with FWWD Senior
Management and IT Governance Board, we identify critical success factors, technology vision,
strategic objectives, and immediate actions for the implementation of the plan and the on-going
sustained support for systems. Business performance improvements and systems integration
will be given special attention through the formulation of strategies for deployment and support
of integrated applications that link processes and procedures between departments and plants.
As appropriate to FWWD's organizational structure and business needs, these planning steps
are conducted in facilitated workshops involving the IT Strategic Plan Committee, the IT
Governance Board, and the Technical Teams. Our approach is designed to collaborate with you
in sustaining organizational buy-in throughout the process. The near-final set of strategies and
tactics developed via this phase are initially presented to executives to elicit any final revisions.
The Strategies section of the Plan is finalized and delivered as part of the final, assembled
Plan. Our clients have found these strategies to be valuable in driving out implementation
projects, new improvement initiatives, and organizational changes.
Task 400 — Program Definition
This phase engages your organization in the programmatic definition of the Technical and
Organizational Strategic Plans, which ensures integration of all actions over a 5-year timeframe.
• Technical Strategic Action Planning. This phase includes delineating and prioritizing
specific IT projects, including associated costs and timelines, required to achieve the
goals and objectives of the IT strategic direction and goals developed earlier.
Implementation issues are identified and an overall approach to technology acquisition
and implementation is established. Project descriptions, cost estimates, and schedules
are developed consistent with the implementation approach and FWWD priorities. The
recommended projects are integrated into a strategic program that matches business,
operations, and technical priorities.
• Organizational Strategic Action Planning. Throughout the project, we will work with
the Department's senior management to assess current status and define future status
of IT-Business alignment and joint responsibilities, IT labor resources, IT budgets and
planning, and IT skills acquisition. During the phase of the project, in conjunction of the
definition of future IT initiatives, the recommended actions for IT organizational
development and IT governance will be defined. The IT governance planning will include
the development of IT investment criteria and structure across all areas of the FWWD
(including divisional IT efforts).
Through workshop sessions, architectural blueprint renderings, business process
models, organizational design charts, long-range budget estimates, and other important
planning artifacts, our Consultants work with the IT Strategic Plan Committee, IT
Governance Board, and Technical Teams to ensure that all action plans are reviewed
and finalized per feedback.
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Task 500 — IT Strategic Plan Presentation.
This phase is focused on producing and presenting the final IT Strategic Plan — including the
Technical Strategic Action Plan and Organizational Strategic Action Plan — to the FWWD. Using
the feedback elicited during the prior phase, the IT Strategic Plan is produced, presented (in a
workshop setting), and delivered (in hard-copy and digital formats) to Department managers and
staff. The "look and feel' of our IT Strategic Plans helps to sustain on-going stakeholder buy-in
during the initiation of strategic actions and IT Program initiation. The IT Strategic Plan serves as
the road map for FWWD managers and stakeholders as they move forward to take advantage of
integrated technologies and new organizational changes to improve IT effectiveness and FWWD
performance.
We anticipate the duration of this project to be approximately seven months. The final schedule
will be formulated in more detail in collaboration with your designated contract manager.
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City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
COUNCIL ACTION: Approved on 8/18/2009
DATE: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 REFERENCE NO.: C-23738
LOG NAME: 60WIT MASTER PLAN
SUBJECT:
Authorize a Professional Services Agreement with Westin Engineering, Inc., for$178,670.00 to Update the
Water Information Technology Master Plan
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute a Professional Services
Agreement with Westin Engineering, Inc., to update the Water Information Technology Master Plan for
$178,670.00.
DISCUSSION:
Periodically, the Fort Worth Water Department(Department) requires comprehensive planning efforts to
help guide strategic Information Technology (IT) initiatives. On August 12, 2003, the Fort Worth City
Council authorized the implementation of a series of strategic Information Technology Systems within the
Water Information Technology (WIT) Program as identified in the original Water IT Master Plan. Major
elements included implementations of PeopleSoft Customer Relationship Management(CRM) System
and Maximo,the Maintenance Management System. This program has provided the Water Department
with the foundation of our Information Technology applications.
Since the completion of the WIT Program, most of the recommended projects in the plan have been
implemented; however, there is now a need to update the master plan to evaluate future information
technology initiatives to ensure the Department has a robust, modular, scalable and sustainable
technological platform that allows the Department to conduct business. This initiative will be coordinated
with other technology strategies being developed for City-wide application.
The City of Fort Worth provides water and wastewater services to retail and wholesale customers.
Planning for information technology in this business environment must be performed on a periodic basis to
ensure that service delivery of communication and information can be provided in an efficient and cost
effective manner.
After an extensive Request for Proposal (RFP) review of ten proposals, Westin Engineering, Inc., (Westin)
has been selected to update the Water IT Master Plan. Westin will identify a strategy that incorporates a
five year technical strategic plan included an accosted, action plan with a five year organizational strategy
focusing on staffing needs, training and governance.
M/WBE—Westin Engineering, Inc., is in compliance with the City's M/WBE ordinance by committing 12
percent MANBE participation. The City's goal on this project is 10 percent.
FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION:
The Financial Management Services Director certifies that funds are available in the current operating
budget, as appropriated, of the Water and Sewer Fund.
FUND CENTERS:
TO Fund/Account/Centers FROM Fund/Account/Centers
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PE45 539120 0604012 $89,335.00
PE45 539120.0704012 $89,335.00
CERTIFICATIONS:
Submitted for City Manager's Office by: Fernando Costa (6122)
Originating Department Head: S. Frank Crumb (8207)
Additional Information Contact: Barbara J. Wilson (8272)
ATTACHMENTS
1. Funds availability.doc (CFW Internal)
2. Westin Compliance.adf (CFW Internal)
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