REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
April 19, 2018
FROM: MICHAEL CARBAJAL, Planning Manager
Department of Public Utilities - Utilities Planning & Engineering
BY: MATTHEW L. BULLIS, PE, Professional Engineer
Department of Public Utilities - Utilities Planning & Engineering
SUBJECT
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Reject all proposals for installation of a Computerized Maintenance Management System Upgrade for the City of Fresno's, Department of Public Utilities, Water Distribution and Sewer Collection Divisions and Public Works Department, Street and Landscape Maintenance Divisions (Bid File 3513) (All Districts)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that City Council reject all proposals for installation of a Computerized Maintenance Management System Upgrade for the City of Fresno's, Department of Public Utilities, Water Distribution and Sewer Collection Divisions and Public Works Department, Street and Landscape Maintenance Divisions.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Fresno (City) Department of Public Utilities (DPU), in conjunction with the Department of Public Works Department (DPW), is seeking to reject all proposals received for installation of a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) Upgrade for DPU Water Distribution and Sewer Collection Divisions, and DPW Street and Landscape Maintenance Divisions. Through additional research, staff has determined that internal efforts to expand a CMMS software system currently in use will result in reductions of redundant Information Technology (IT) platforms, allow for increased networking capabilities for multiple users, and provide a cost effective alternative to minimize rate-payer impacts.
BACKGROUND
The City responds to numerous Service Requests annually. DPU and DPW use or respond to five distinct, non-linked CMMS vendor platforms to handle these Service Requests which include: Accela/FresGo, IPS (Hansen-v7 and EAM), Request Tracker and HT-E/Naviline/SunGard. Since multiple systems are in use this typically requires a data...
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