Res No 171-11-13485RESOLUTION NO.: 171 -11 -13485
A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract agreement with
International Data Consultants, Inc. (IDC) a Multimedia and Information
Technology Consulting Services Firm.
WHEREAS, the City of South Miami wishes to contract with International Data Consultants, Inc. (IDC)
Multimedia and Information Technology Consulting Firm; and
WHEREAS, International Data Consultants, Inc. (IDC) is a multimedia and informational technology
consulting firm that specializes in helping corporations, government agencies and non - profit institutions apply and
use technology for successful and profitable business growth. International Data Consultants, Inc. (IDC) has
been in business since 1994; and
WHEREAS, International Data Consultants, Inc. (IDC) can help implement technology, systems
consulting and technical services, local area network design, project management, installation and maintenance and
e -mail system design installation; and
WHEREAS, the City of South Miami has taken the necessary steps, utilizing process quoted through the
competitive bidding process performed by the State of Florida, contract number 973 - 561 - 010 -I; (SPURS Vendor
Number: F- 650488212 -001), to procure Information Technology at a competitive price.
WHEREAS, International Data Consultants, Inc. (IDC) has agreed to provide rates that are lower than
the rates paid by the state of Florida; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA THAT:
Section I: The Mayor and City Commission authorize the City Manager to execute the contract
with International Data Consultants, Inc. (IDC) which is attached to this resolution.
Section 2 This resolution shall be effective upon adoption.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 4 thday of October201 I.
ATTEST:
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Commission Vote:
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Mayor Stoddard:
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Vice Mayor Newman:
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Commissioner Palmer:
Yea
Commissioner Beasley:
Yea
Commissioner Harris:
Yea
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CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI r
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
INTER - OFFICE MEMORANDUM 2001
To: The Honorable Mayor & Members of the City Commission
From: Hector Mirabile, PhD, City Manager /�
Date: September 23, 2011 Agenda Item No.: •
Subject: A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract agreement
with International Data Consultants, Inc (IDC) a Multimedia and Information
Technology Consulting Services for an annual amount of $ 189,800.
Background: The City of South Miami wishes to contract with International Data
Consultants (IDC) a Multimedia and Information Technology Consulting Firm
that specializes in helping corporations, government agencies and non - profit
institutions apply and use technology for successful and profitable business
growth. International Data Consultants (IDC) has been in business since
1994; and International Data Consultants (IDC) can help implement
technology, systems consulting and technical services, local area network
design, project management, installation and maintenance and e-mail system
design installation.
The City of South Miami has taken the necessary steps, utilizing prices quoted
through the competitive bidding process performed by the State of Florida,
contract number 973 - 561 - 010 -1; (SPURS Vendor Number: F- 650488212-
001), to procure Information Technology at a competitive price.
By contracting the services of International Data Consultants (IDC) a
multimedia and Information Technology Consulting Firm it will bring much
needed continued assistance to the City's MIS Department in maintaining the
network infrastructure.
Cost: The annual cost of this Information Technology outsourcing agreement is
$189,800 payable in equal monthly installments of $15,816.67.
Backup • International Data Consultants (IDC) Information Technology
Documentation: Support Services 2012.
+ International Data Consultants (IDC) Contract Summary. Contract
Number: 973 -561 - 010 -1.
Contract Summary
I GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Contract Number: 973 - 561 -010 -1
2. Effective Date: 09/15/2009
3. Expiration Date: 08/31/2012
4. Contract Administrator: Holly Merrick
5. Product/Services Under Contract:
• i) Project Area 1, Analysis & Design
• ii) Project Area 2, Development & Integration
• iii) Project Area 3, Operational & Support
• iv) Project Area 4, Staff Augmentation
II HOW TO USE THIS CONTRACT
1. It is strongly recommended to fully review the entire Contract after the overview
below.
2. This Contract provides a broad range of IT Services in two ways (The Contract Project
Areas are defined below):
i) To provide Staff Augmentation services (Project Area 4, no RFQ required)
through the issuance of Time and Materials Task Orders (purchase orders)
ii) To provide a streamlined, flexible RFQ process to procure more complex IT
Services (up to $10 million in scope) that are project oriented in nature, and can
be quoted by vendors by offering a fixed price for the entire project solution. In
this second approach, the Agency will provide a statement of work and solicit the
minimum number of quotations required from vendors awarded in the appropriate
Project Area (1, 2, and 3) in order to select the vendor providing the Best Value to
meet the Agency's needs.
3. After determining which of these two approaches is most appropriate, the Buyer will
use the Contract in the following steps:
• i) IDENTIFY STAFFING NEEDS or PROJECT REQUIREMENTS: Develop a
detailed Statement of Work with clear definition of Deliverables and Benchmarks.
See Contract Section 3a for Job Title Descriptions (note Job Title and Job
Numbers to quickly find Descriptions and Staff Augmentation Prices) including
the required experience and education for each position.
ii) PREPARE THE RFQ: An Agency may use its own RFQ format or borrow
another agency's RFQ format
iii) SELECTION OF VENDORS for RFQ: See Price Sheets to review and select
awarded vendors by Project Area.
iv) ISSUE THE RFQ: See Contract Section 6 for Task Order and Quotation
Requirements. The Agency will solicit quotations per Contract Section 6 (see the
Table Below) and select the quotation that provides the Best Value to the State.
See "QUOTATION REQUIREMENTS" below to determine how many quotes
are required.
III CONTRACT PERFORMANCE MEASURES:
1. Upon completion of Task Orders, both the Agency and Vendor are required to make
comments about the Task Order. Vendors must submit IT Consulting Services Comuleted
Tasks - Vendor For (vnd.ms -excel 29.00 kB) on a Quarterly basis to the Contract
Administrator and Customers are to complete the Survey on the Contract website.
2. Vendor Selection in the Appropriate Project Area: Vendor Contact information for all
companies is available under Contractors.
3. Staff Augmentation vendors are selected by using the Job Title Descriptions in
Contract Section 3a in conjunction with the Staff Augmentation Price Sheet which lists
the awarded companies and indicates each vendor's Contract rate for each position.
Quotations are not required, but Agencies may choose to negotiate or solicit quotations
and information among these vendors.
4. For project- oriented solutions as described above, an Agency must solicit quotations
among the vendors awarded in Project Areas 1, 2 and 3. View the Price Sheets for Project
Areas 1, 2, 3 and 4 to see the listing of awarded vendors in each of these Project Area as
defined below. There are requirements for THREE, TEN or ALL Vendors in a particular
Project Area depending on the dollar value of the Agency solution as follows:
IV QUOTATION REQUIREMENTS
V PROJECT AREAS DEFINED
1. Project Area I Analysis and Design - Encompasses IT Planning, Studies, and
Assessment to assist organizations in both information technology capital planning and
assessment, including but not limited to:
• i) Business case analysis (e.g. costs/benefit and risk analysis)
• ii) Performance measurements
iii) Independent validation and verification of systems development
• iv) Estimating return on investment and /or earned value
• v) Compliance with State interoperability standards as defined by the State
Technology Office
2. Project Area 2 Development and Integration - The services offered under this area
include project management of systems development that organizations consider
important. The services include but are not limited to the following:
• i) Management of systems integration
• ii) System and software development
• iii) Modernization of legacy systems to web enabled applications
• iv) Software development, customization of commercial- off - the -shelf (COTS)
software packages, and migration to modular applications
• v) Development and integration internet/intranet /web applications
• vi) Development and integration of security, firewalls, and critical infrastructures
• vii) Development, integration and implementation of the following:
o Networks (e.g. LAN/WAN/MAN)
o Data warehousing
o Electronic Commerce/Electronic Data interchange
o Groupware
o Next generation internet
o Client/Servei computing
o Workflow and imaging
3. Project Area 3 Operational and Support - The services offered under this area
include a broad range of IT related to Operations and Support Services. Anticipated
services include, but are not limited to the following:
• i) Management and support of Local Area Networks (LANs), Metropolitan Area
Networks (MANS), and Wide Area Networks (WANs)
ii) Computer systems administration, management and maintenance
• iii) Data entry, data storage, data retrieval, and electronic records management
• iv) Specialized workstation (i. e. CAD, CAD /CV, GIS) support
• v) Computer equipment maintenance (both on -going and on -call)
vi) Desktop support
vii) Production Support
viii) Database generation and database management
• ix) Data and /or media management
• x) Document Imaging Services
• xi) Disaster Recovery Services
• xii) Orientation and training
• xiii) Information center/help desk
4. Project Area 4 Staff Augmentation - This Project Area differs greatly from the.
previous three, in that it does not relate to a particular part of a project life cycle. Unlike
work performed within the previous three Project Areas, Staff Augmentation is not
generally project - oriented. See the Index Award for a listing of awarded Staff
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Position its company provides under. For project Area 4, simple staff augmentation
efforts, the customer may also issue the Task Order to a Contractor Awarded in Project
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City of South Miami
Information Technology
Support
Over the last 12 months International Data Consultants (IDC), has helped the City of
South Miami (City) make enormous strides in the condition and delivery of their
Information Technology (IT) systems. In this short time IDG has helped to:
• Implemented IT Help Desk for ticket submission and tracking
• Maintain the current aging fleet of personal computers
• Recommend a phone and data audit resulting in significant savings
• Help to negotiate the new ERP system for the City
(Resulting in interest free 5 year payout)
• Implemented new servers for the ERP and email environments
• Create a unified email system from 3 separate servers
• Implement data backup on non -AS400 servers
• Upgrade the AS -400 (not upgraded in 5 years)
• Negotiated the police CAD system resulting in 75% off list savings
• Upgraded existing police systems (USA Software)
• Replace 41 police laptops
• Improved overall IT security in the City
• Created 2012 budget and helped define the 5 year IT plan for the City
• Upgrade the current video system with new matrix switcher
• Implement Granicus for citizenry
• Maintain and support staff on City website
• Implemented mail archiving system
• Created Police Department network with repurposed equipment
• Repurposed servers to ensure that both CSM1 domain and CSMPD
domain had additional domain controllers for redundancy
• Performed cleanup of the Active Directory structure
• Created new domain southmiamifl.gov and implemented email for all
users as the default domain
• Implemented southmiamifl.gov as primary web address and redirected all
traffic from cityofsouthmiami.net to southmiamifl.gov
International Data Consultants, Inc
13302 SW 12&4 Street, Miami, Florida 33166
P 305- 253 -7677 F 305 - 253 -7657
For the next 12 months IDC has slated the following projects:
• Continue to maintain personal computers, laptops, servers and AS -400
• Continue to maintain and support staff on City website
• Complete implementation of the new ERP application for the City
• Replace roughly one third of the remaining personal computer fleet
• Create document imaging environment to facilitate paperless city
• Implement new police systems software (OSSI)
• Create downtown mesh network (reduce parking machines recurring cost)
• Reduce permitting f license printing costs
• Improve Internet quality of service
• Redesign IP schema for the city to improve security and functionality
• Implement new router and create proper separation of all sites
• Implement new firewall for higher security of entire network
• Complete removal of old CSM domain
The items listed above are a partial list of the items discussed for implementation
utilizing next year's budget. Based on the experience gained in the past year IDC would
like to offer the City the following outsourcing contract for Budget Year 2011 — 2012:
International Data Consultants, Inc
13302 SW 128&' Street, Miami, Florida 33186
P 305 - 253 -7677 F 305 - 253 -7657
City of South Miami
Information Technology Outsourcing Structure
Staff:
The advantages of an outsourced model are obvious:
• No HR overhead such as health insurance, vacations or sick days.
• No training costs, those are borne by IDC.
• Staff serves at will and can be dismissed at any time for any reason.
• No myopic view of environment, IDC staff see hundreds of networks and
businesses per year bringing that knowledge to the City of South Miami.
• Enterprise level IT management with 26 years experience helping to create
robust IT direction in the city.
Desktop Engineer and System Administrator (2080 hours per year)
IDC will staff this position with an IT professional serving the City Monday through
Friday from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM plus the recordings of the scheduled meetings Monday
through Friday from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM. Duties include:
• Manage core network resources and services
• Maintain all operating System and Software updates
• Provide Desktop Support for network users
• Manage Helpdesk (which includes a ticketing system and metrics) (See
Addendum A)
• Manage City's Web Site changes and updates
• Manage Handheld Devices
• Maintain AS-400 with IBM and Sungard guidance
• Manage and maintain the Video Security System
• Record various meetings as required by the City Manager
• Review monthly Cellular / Telephone / Datacom bills for accuracy
Any additional Desktop Engineer / System Administrator time would be available at
$65 per hour as approved.
International Data Consultants, Inc
13302 SW 128th Street, Miami, Florida 33186
P 305- 253 -7677 F 305- 253 -7657
Senior System Engineer (660 hours per year)
IDC will staff this position on an "as needed" basis for up to 660 hours per year. Duties
include:
• Manage Network Perimeter Security
• Design & implement Network Topology
• Manage Network upgrades and changes
• Perform Core and Server Upgrades
• Implement the new Finance System
• Provide Tier 2 and Tier 3 Network Support
• Project Manage and implement where appropriate special projects
Additional Senior System Engineer time is available at $110 per hour as approved.
IT Management (180 hours per year)
IDC will staff this position on an "as needed" basis for up to 180 hours per year. Duties
include:
• Manage the strategic,IT design and Planning
• Manage IT Initiatives
• Manage Senior Engineers
• Manage Onsite Desktop Engineer! System Administrator
• Review monthly Helpdesk metrics
• Ensure Quality of Service
• Liaison with the City Manager and the Finance Director
• Attend weekly Managers staff meetings
• Review all IT purchases
Additional IT Management time is available at $110 per hour as approved.
NOTE: All IDC staff serving the City of South Miami are to be vetted by the city in the
same manner as any city employee would be. This is not only expected, it is
encouraged to ensure that the city has the same level of trust in IDC employees that it
would have in city employees.
International Data Consultants, Inc
13302 SW 12816 Street, Miami, Florida 33186
P 305- 253 -7677 F 305- 253 -7657
Cost & Billina Structure:
In last year's proposal we had hoped to be in a purely maintenance mode by this budget
year. Unfortunately, the City's infrastructure was in a far worst condition than estimated.
Additionally, special projects, which once implemented, will help the City save tens of
thousands of dollars are in need of deployment. To accomplish this, IDC recommends
an increase of 35 hours per month of senior engineering time.
In the model outlined above, the Senior Engineering hours and IT Management hours
are interchangeable. Should upcoming projects require more Senior Engineering time
than allocated for the month the time can be deducted from any available IT
Management time. On a monthly basis, the city will be provided with a report showing
actual utilized time versus projected monthly allocation. The monthly allocation is based
on the number of work days in a month, the Desktop Engineer T System Administrator
will be available a total of 8 hours per work day (nine hours minus one hour for lunch).
Senior Engineering staff and IT Management staff are allocated interchangeably for a
total of 70 hours per month as part of the outsourcing agreement.
Included in the cost of the IT outsourcing will be a SaaS helpdesk by Rhesolution
Software (See Addendum A). This is the same helpdesk solution IDC implemented at
the DOH. This solution was well received and DOH management was very happy with
the metrics provided by the software. Since the helpdesk is hosted by the developer
and is accessed via the web, no investment is required by the city.
The city requires, as part of IT responsibilities, that an IT staff person be available to
record important city meetings that occur after normal business hours. The city has
scheduled 5 meetings per month that average 3 hours in length. Additionally, adhoc
after hour meetings requiring recording are called throughout the year. IDC has
included in the price of the IT outsourcing, up to 252 hours per year (21 hours per
month) of meeting recording time. Should the city exceed the 252 hours allocated in the
outsourcing contract, IDC can provide a technician at a rate of $65 per hour for after -
hours meeting recording.
The annual cost of this Information Technology outsourcing agreement is $189,800
payable in equal monthly installments of $15,816.67.
International Data Consultants firmly believes in providing the highest quality services.
We back this up by NOT requiring an annual contract with the city. IDC serves the City
of South Miami at the city's pleasure and only requests a 30 -days advance notice prior
to any change in the status of our relationship.
International Data Consultants, Inc
13302 SW 1286 Street, Miami, Florida 33186
P 305 -253 -7677 F 305 - 253 -7657
We feel that this model offers the City of South Miami access to highly qualified IT
professionals without the normally high expense of narrowly specialized full time IT
staff.
As always, should you have any questions or need any additional information please
feel free to contact me at any of the numbers listed below:
Office: 305 - 253 -7677
Cell: 305 - 298 -8373
Email: ddeblois ()- intldata.com
Sincerely,
Dennis R. Deblois
President / CEO
International Data Consultants, Inc
International Data Consultants, Inc
13302 SW 1286 Street, Miami, Florida 33186
P 305- 253 -7677 F 305 - 253 -7657
ADDENDUM A
Help Desk Procedures:
IDC has designed separate pathways for the users to access the Help Desk, depending
on the nature of their issue:
+ If the user is able to access the Internet, they simply click on an IDC Help Desk
icon on their desktop. This takes them to the web page where they can enter
their request for support in the system.
• If the user is NOT able to access the Internet, they simply call the Help Desk and
the operator will enter the request on their behalf.
+ If the Help Desk operator is not able to access the Internet, due to an outage for
the entire building, a Help Desk paper form is filled out by the operator. The
information is then called in to the IDC office. In turn, the IDC support person will
enter the information in the system.
Once the information is entered into the system:
• An automatic notification is emailed to the onsite Desktop Engineer who has
uninterrupted access via a configured IDC Support iPad.
• The Desktop Engineer reviews the support ticket and makes a determination as
to the priority of each ticket as well as the resources required to resolve the
issue.
• If the ticket is tagged as a Tier 2 issue, a Senior Engineer is assigned to resolve
the issue.
• User is contacted via email or a phone call to setup a resolution time.
• At the appointed time, the Desktop Engineer or Senior Engineer visits the user or
initiates a remote support session to resolve the issue.
• Upon resolution, the ticket is closed and the user receives an automated "Quality
of Service Survey" email.
International Data Consultants, Inc
13302 SW 12e' Street, Miami, Florida $3186
P 305 -253 -7677 F 305 -253 -7657
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