COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Human Services Agency

 

DATE:

February 6, 2004

BOARD MEETING DATE:

February 24, 2004

 

TO:

Honorable Board of Supervisors

FROM:

Maureen D. Borland, Director, Human Services Agency

 

Kathryn Ciamarro, Director of Automation

SUBJECT:

First Amendment to the Agreement with Unisys

 

Recommendation

Approve a First Amendment to the Agreement with Unisys increasing the amount by $13,500, for a total obligation of $233,500.

 

Background

Unisys is the Contractor which is engaged in a number of small, medium or large-sized projects that require site work, including electrical, data and voice wiring, and auxiliary tasks. Unisys has been engaged in projects such as: Purchase and Installation of Air Conditioning System at Huntington Ave, Electrical upgrade at Huntington Ave, Design and Installation of Data/Voice Wiring at Quarry Road.

Currently, the County's Information Services Department, sub-contracts cabling services to outside vendors, which they then manage. The County will incur additional cross-agency expense by adopting this strategy. In contrast, Unisys will work directly with HSA to complete the projects identified here, thus reducing "third-party" project management costs and County staff time. Additionally, similar implementation contracts with Unisys have proven extremely successful in terms of quality, effectiveness and timeliness.

A Waiver of the Equal Benefits Ordinance was approved by the County Manager, and a copy of the Waiver is attached.

 

Discussion

This Amendment covers the following projects at Peninsula Works located at 550 Quarry road in San Carlos:

First Floor

    · Install one voice and one data cable at eleven locations (total of 22 cables) in cubical furniture and at wall outlets in office and work area.

    · Install on voice cable at wall outlet in office area.

Second Floor

    · Install one voice and one data cable at six locations (total of 12) at wall outlets in office area.

Warehouse

    · Install eleven voice cables at existing locations in warehouse area.

EDE

    · Install one voice at existing voice locations (total of 3).

All data and voice cabling will be plenum rated cat 5E.

Pull existing fiber cables to hub in warehouse.

Alternative: Tone and terminate voice cable to County 66 blocks.

Total Cost: $13,500.00. The Director of ISD concurs with this decision.

This Amendment was submitted by Contractor and requires the Board of Supervisor's approval prior to Contractor's signature.

 

Risk Management has reviewed and approved the Contractor's insurance coverage, and County Counsel has approved this Amendment as to form.

 

Vision Alignment

This action keeps the commitment to: Ensure basic health and safety for all and goal number 7: Maintain and enhance the public safety of all residents and visitors. The Agreement with Unisys contributes to this commitment and goal by providing San Mateo County employees and visitors with a safe place to conduct County business.

 

Fiscal Impact

This First Amendment to the Agreement with Unisys increases the amount by $13,500, for a total obligation of $233,500 The Amendment amount of $13,500 was included in the Approved Budget for FY 2004-05. This project is funded within the CalWORKs allocation for FY 2003-2004. There is no Net County Cost.