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Resolution amending Resolution 165-2023, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement or agreements and amendments thereto for professional services with ePlus Technology, Inc. for system critical adjustments, improvements, and upgrades to maintain the City of Pittsburgh’s network functionality by increasing the approved amount by Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000) and extending the contract until August 31, 2024. The amended total cost not-to-exceed of the contract will now be Six Hundred Ninety Nine Thousand Twenty Four Dollars and Eight Cents ($699,024.08).
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Resolution 165-2023, “The Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are authorized to enter into an agreement or agreements and amendments thereto for professional services with ePlus Technology, Inc. for system critical adjustments, improvements, and upgrades to maintain the City of Pittsburgh’s network functionality at an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Fourteen Thousand Dollars ($214,000)” is hereby amended as follows:
WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh’s Department of Innovation and Performance recently performed an assessment of the City’s network and said assessment indicated that the City’s core network functionality would reach the end of its useful life by mid-July, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh was compelled to divert necessary resources to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and as a result was delayed in its ability to respond to this technological crisis; and
WHEREAS, due to the severity of this situation and short window of opportunity to adequately address the matter, the City of Pittsburgh has deemed emergency procurement protocols are appropriate at this time involving the solicitation of immediate quotes; and
WHEREAS, after solicitation of quotes, the City has found that ePlus Technology, Inc., is sufficiently qualified to provide the professional services and commodities requested via an agreement, agreements or adoption of applicable existing government contracts; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh seeks to enter into an agreement or agreements or adoption of existing agreements with ePlus Technology, Inc., for the provision of the aforementioned professional services and commodities.
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are authorized to enter into an agreement or agreements and amendments thereto for professional services with ePlus Technology, Inc. for system critical adjustments, improvements, and upgrades to maintain the City of Pittsburgh’s network functionality at an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Fourteen Thousand Dollars ($214,000) by increasing the approved amount by Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000) and extending until August 31, 2024. The amended total cost not-to-exceed of the contract will now be Six Hundred Ninety Nine Thousand Twenty Four Dollars and Eight Cents ($699,024.08), appropriated from the following code account:
$177,000 from 1010030120.53509.00
$17,000 from 11101.103000.53509.2022
$20,000 from 11101.103000.53509.2023
$20,000 from 11101.103000.53509.2024
TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED (including capital funds listed in Section 2): $699,024.08
Section 2. The Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are authorized to adopt an existing government agreement through the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s cooperative purchasing program “COSTARS” and to enter into any related agreement or agreements as necessary for purchase of commodities with ePlus Technology, Inc. for system critical adjustments, improvements, and upgrades to maintain the City of Pittsburgh’s network functionality at an amount not to exceed four hundred sixty-five thousand and twenty-four dollars and eight cents ($465,024.08) appropriated from the following code account: 1010030120.57501.00
Section 3. The agreements or agreements and amendments are subject to the approval of the City Solicitor as to form.
Section 4. Any Ordinance or Resolution or part thereof conflicting with the provisions of this Resolution is hereby repealed so far as the same affects this Resolution.