AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH PARADIGM SOFTWARE, LLC, TO PURCHASE LICENSES AND UPGRADE THE LANDFILL WEIGH SCALE SOFTWARE
Staff Contact: Jack Friedline, Director, Public Works
Purpose and Recommended Action
This is a request for City Council to authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Paradigm Software, LLC (Paradigm) for an initial five-year period and in an amount not to exceed $90,290 for the purchase of licenses and an upgrade of the landfill weigh scale software. This request also authorizes the City Manager, at her discretion, to renew the agreement for one additional five-year period in an amount not to exceed $58,637.50 and for a total dollar amount not to exceed $148,927.50 over the full ten-year period.
Background
The City of Glendale Landfill and Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) operation has three weigh scales on site to service and process over 150,000 customers annually. Two scales are set as manual use scales and the other is an unattended, radio frequency scale. These scales capture weights to be able to complete many different types of landfill and recycling transactions. Paradigm is the software used to complete the detailed transactions and to generate reports, which include information that is used for billing or provided to our state regulators, commercial customers, and internal or external auditors.
This system implementation and license agreement includes the necessary user licenses for staff to utilize the software throughout the term of the agreement, and it provides technical support services for completion of a Paradigm Software upgrade. The user licenses will take effect immediately once the agreement is approved by Council. The software upgrade will be coordinated with the scale house relocation project and construction of the new scale house building, which is anticipated to be completed in approximately three months.
Analysis
The Landfill and MRF have been utilizing t...
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