Title
Catalog Enrichment Services - Requirements Contract - RFP 16-141 (A) (Ordinance S-48299)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to extend and allow additional expenditures under Contract 143027 with Baker & Taylor, LLC for Catalog Enrichment Services for the City of Phoenix Public Library use. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The additional expenditures will not exceed $45,000.
Report
Summary
The Contractor provides Catalog Enrichment Services to the City of Phoenix Library Department. The Library provides access to over 1.6 million online catalogs for public use. The online catalogs (standard and mobile) are searched approximately 2.5 million times each month.
The current contract is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2022. The City is working on a new procurement process; an extension is necessary in order to ensure City services are not interrupted during completion of the new procurement process.
Contract Term
Upon approval, the contract term will be extended through June 30, 2023.
Financial Impact
Upon approval of $45,000 in additional funds, the revised aggregate value of the contract will not exceed $166,894. Funds are available in the Library Department's budget.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The contract was originally approved by City Council on July 6, 2016.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Inger Erickson and the Library Department.