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CONTRACT NO.
AMENDMENT NO 1 TO CITY SECRETARY CONTRACT NO. 32037
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
CITY OF FORT WORTH
AND
SENTARI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
This Amendment No. 1 ("Amendment") to City Secretary Contract No. 32037
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
Karen L. Montgomery, its duly authorized Assistant City Manager, and Sentari
Technologies, Inc. ("Consultant"), a Texas corporation and acting by and through
Mary Necessary, its duly authorized President, collectively referred to as the "parties."
Recitals
The following provisions are true and correct and form the basis of this Amendment:
WHEREAS, on or about June 22, 2005 the City and Consultant entered into a
Professional Services Agreement ("Agreement") for professional consulting services
for staff augmentation under the terms and conditions specifically set forth in the
Agreement. The Agreement is a public document on file in the City's Secretary
Office and referenced as City Secretary Contract No. 32037; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement was for a one year term with two additional options to
renew for one year each; and
WHEREAS, the City has exercised all available options pursuant to the Agreement;
and
WHEREAS, the parties wish to extend the term of the Agreement to continue the
services provided thereunder.
Agreement
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of
which are hereby acknowledged, the City and Consultant agree as follows:
1.
Section 2 TERM of the Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:
The term of the Agreement shall be extended for one year from the date of execution of
this Amendment and shall continue in full force and effect unless terminated in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
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2.
Section 3 COMPENSATION of the Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:
The City shall pay Consultant per the terms of individual executed work orders in
accordance with Exhibit B "Professional Hourly Rates and Permanent Placement Cost,
which is attached hereto and incorporated for all purposes incident to this Agreement.
Each individual work order shall be listed as Exhibit B-1, Exhibit B-2, Exhibit B-3 and so
forth, and each work order shall be attached and incorporated into the Agreement. Each
work order shall set forth the name of the personnel to provide the services, the specific
project to which the personnel will be assigned; the specific services to be provided by
the personnel; the start and end date of the personnel; the hourly rate or salary of the
personnel; and any other regulations as agreed to by the parties that may apply to the
specific personnel.
3.
All other terms and conditions of the Agreement that are not amended herein shall
remain in full force and effect.
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Sentari Technologies,Inc.
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IN WITNESS WHE EOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement in multiples
this day of , 200 S?
CITY OF FORT WORTH: SENTARI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.:
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Assist nt Ci Manager/ CFO Title: ��cs i ' �T
Date: � � 8� U Date:
ATTEST: ATTEST:
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Marty Hen ix B
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
LEGALITY:
Maleshfa B. Farmer
Assistant City Attorney
CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION:
M&C: C.-A AS 3q
Date Approved:
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DATE: Tuesday, June O3, 2[]08
LOG NAME: 04STAFFING E}{T REFERENCE NO.: C-22834
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Authorize an Amendment to Extend Non-Exclusive An[Ge08Dt8 with Matrix R|eSOU[Ces. Inc., S9nt@[i
Technologies, Inc., and TEKSVSt80S. Inc., for Technology Staffing Augmentation and Placement
SGrViC8S for the Information TeChDOlOOV SO/UtiOD8 Department
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council:
1 Authorize on amendment to extend non-exclusive agreements with yWadhx Resources, Inc., Gantari
Technologies, Inc., and TEKsvatenno. Inc., for technology staffing augmentation and placement services for
the Information Technology Solutions Department in an amount not to exceed $1.870.000.00; and
2. Authorize the contract extensions to begin June 1, 2008, and continue for one year for each vendor.
DISCUSSION:
On May 24. 2005. /K8&C P-10157l the City Council authorized Ula City Manager to enter into non-exclusive
agreements with Matrix Resources, Inc. (Matrix), 8eDb]h Technologies, Inc, (GeOtah)` and TEKavatenOo'
Inc. (TEKsyetenna), for technology staff augmentation and placement services on an as needed
basis These agreements e||ovv City departments to augment staff with contractors to assist in the
development and implementation of technology projects and day-to-day support of existing systems. Over
the last three years, the City has engaged all three of the vendors for assistance with installation and
implementation of software packoges, short-term resolution of problems, such as Staffing shortages for
technology related projects, and |imitmdmtaMingp/ouemnent.
These agreements were approved after nnnnp!et*d Request for Proposal (RFP) process. Earlier this year
a new RFP was issued for staffing services for approximately 38 technology job classifications. After receipt
of proposals from vendoro, staff discovered errors in the specifications as advertised. As a rosu|t, the
proposals were considered non-responsive and m new RFP will need to be issued. A Mayor and Council
Communication will be submitted for approval to reject all responses to the current RFP prior to the
issuance of new RFP.
City staff is recommending on extension of one year for all three agreements to ensure that current City
projects using contractors are not adversely affected and to o}lom/ ouf�oienttime to issue m nevvF�FP and
evaluate responses. Currently, four rnsgor initiatives for the City have one or more critical contract staff
assigned to the projects: the E-Gov project, the Public Safety Radio Re-bonding project, the Computer
Aided Dispatch (CAD) project and the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) project. —1 he total amount for
expenditures is based on projections for all current augmentation projects with a mrna|| reserve for future
augmentation requests. Each time a request for staff augmentation is rnode, the user department and/or
project fund will verify that funds are available to pay the projected costs.
K8/VVBE-The City`s K8VVBE Ordinance will be complied with through the utilization of one of the three
consultants that is certified WqVVBE firm fora minimum of25 percent participation of all expenditures.
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FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION:
The Finance Director certifies that funds are available in the current operating or project budget, as
appropriated, of the participating departments.
TO Fund/Account/Centers FROM Fund/Account/Centers
Submitted for City Manager's Office by- Karen Montgomery (6222)
Originating Department Head: Peter Anderson (8781)
Additional information Contact: Mai Tran (8435)Larry Schuessler(8461)
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