Title
Telephone Support for SCADA - Amendment (Ordinance S-48716)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute an amendment to Agreement 145518 with HSQ Technology, for the Miser Supervisory, Control, and Data Acquisition system to provide additional time and funding to the agreement to continue with HSQ telephone support services. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The additional expenditures included in this amendment will not exceed $75,000.
Report
Summary
The purpose of the amendment is to extend the term of the agreement for support of critical software with HSQ Technology, which is the sole entity authorized to support the proprietary systems, for an additional two years with three one-year options to extend.
The HSQ Miser Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software is used by the Water Services Department (WSD) for monitoring and automating the process for delivering water to City of Phoenix. The HSQ Miser SCADA system is proprietary and HSQ Technology is the only entity that is authorized to provide support and maintenance by telephone. HSQ is the developer of the licensing and software, and holds the copyrights to the HSQ Miser SCADA System. The amendment will allow WSD to continue with HSQ telephone support services critically necessary to prevent system failures that would cause disruption of water delivery to City of Phoenix customers. The HSQ Miser SCADA system requires annual support and maintenance by telephone.
This item has been reviewed and approved by the Information Technology Services Department.
Contract Term
This amendment will extend the date of the agreement term from June 27, 2022 to April 30, 2024, with three additional one-year options to extend the term.
Financial Impact
The initial authorization for the agreement was for an expenditure not-to-exceed $48,400. Amendments increased the authorization for the agreement by $16,276. This amendment will increase the authorization for the agreement by an additional $75,000, for a new total not-to-exceed agreement value of $139,676.
Funding is available in the Water Services Department's Operating budget.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The City Council approved:
- HSQ Miser SCADA Telephone Support Services Agreement 145518 (Ordinance S-42627) on June 15, 2016; and
- HSQ Miser SCADA Telephone Support Services Agreement 145518 - Amendment (Ordinance S-45541) on April 17, 2019.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Karen Peters and the Water Services Department.