HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Waiving Formal Bidding Requirement due to Sole-Source Provider for Financial Software Maintenance RESOLUTION NO. 21-359
RESOLUTION WAIVING FORMAL BIDDING REQUIREMENTS DUE TO SOLE-
SOURCE PROVIDER FOR FINANCIAL SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE
FOR THE CITY OF AMES
WHEREAS,CentralSquare is the City's software vendor for the integrated financial,payroll,
utility billing, and parking citation management applications; and,
WHEREAS,the City contracts with the vendor on an annual basis for maintenance services;
and,
WHEREAS, the approved FY 2021/22 budget includes $161,000 to implement
CentralSquare software and related hardware maintenance; and,
WHEREAS,20 years ago,a substantial amount of City IT expertise was directed at the IBM
OS solutions(IBM mainframe computer,then IBM iSeries computer);however,IBM OS solutions
are now a much smaller fraction of the total servers implemented by the City, and approximately
90% of the servers are Windows-based servers compared to the single IBM iSeries server; and,
WHEREAS,CentralSquare is offering a CentralSquare Solutions Agreement,a Software-As-
A-Service (SaaS) Agreement to host and provide software services to the City of Ames.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,
that waiver of formal bidding requirements due to a sole-source provider for the purchase of
Financial Software Hosting and Maintenance is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 22"d day of June, 2021.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk John A. Haila, Mayor
Introduced by: Corrieri
Seconded by: Junck
Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin, Junck, Martin
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 22nd day of June, 2021.