From
Keshnel Penny, Chief Information Officer
Title
Price agreement for support and maintenance for Infor Lawson Environments from Infor (US), Inc. (up to $70,000.00 annually) for one year with the option to renew for four additional one year periods totaling $350,000 if all extensions are exercised, and authorize the City Manager to execute the renewal options with aggregate price fluctuations of the lesser of up to $50,000 or 25% of the original maximum price so long as sufficient funding is appropriated by the City Council to satisfy the City’s obligation during the renewal terms
Presenter
Keshnel Penny, Chief Information Officer
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
Infor Lawson is a critical and complex system operated and managed on premises by staff with the assistance of a remote support vendor with years of experience. This contract will provide remote managed support services for our Lawson environment. This will include Lawson environment stability monitoring and patching as well as technical support for advanced administration and configuration of the Lawson environment.
Notice of bid #18081 was advertised in the Fort Worth Star Telegram, and Bid Sync; it was distributed to 32 vendors. There were two Grand Prairie vendors available for this commodity. Two bids were received as shown on attachment A.
The award was based on best value criteria set up in the specification, including reputation, quality of service, and price as listed in the specification.
Infor (US), Inc. meets specifications and is recommended for award.
Financial Consideration
Funding for Infor Lawson is available in the FY 2017/2018 General Fund Budget, IT Budget (151410) 61065 for IT Application Services and will be charged accordingly on orders through the end of the current fiscal year. Funding for future fiscal years will be paid from that year’s approved budgets.