REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
April 27, 2017
FROM: THOMAS C. ESQUEDA, Director
Department of Public Utilities
BY: MATTHEW L. BULLIS, PE, Professional Engineer
Department of Public Utilities
SUBJECT
Title
Approve the First Amendment to the Consultant Services Agreement with Nexlevel Information Technology (Nexlevel) Incorporated, for $70,575 for development of an Information Technology Plan for the Department of Public Utilities.
Body
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends the contract be amended to include this scope of work and authorize the Director of Public Utilities, or designee, to execute and the First Amendment with Nexlevel for $70,575 to begin this planning effort.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Nexlevel is currently under contract to develop a citywide five-year Information Technology (IT) Strategic Plan for the Information Services Department (ISD) which will provide an overall governance plan for how IT programs are procured, administered, managed, and maintained citywide. The Department of Public Utilities (DPU), in conjunction with ISD management, has recognized the need to develop a coordinated IT Plan for prioritizing current and future IT needs within DPU. DPU, which currently procures, administers, manages, and maintains IT activities for the Department in cooperation with ISD, has over 135 IT software systems in use that are either custom designed or specific to DPU management, administration, and service delivery. This includes various software for utility billing, work order management, customer service and asset management; energy management, AutoCAD drafting, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), water related meter reading, backflow tracking, water quality testing and valve exercising; warehouse inventory control, vehicle tracking; sewer manhole and collection system management; and IVIEW software and other programs.
Given the number, type, and age of existing software systems in DPU, there is a need to reduce redundanc...
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