Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Information Systems

 

TO:

David Corliss, City Manager

 

FROM:

James Wisdom, Network Manager

 

CC:

Alan Landis, Purchasing Specialist

 

DATE:

March 16, 2009

 

RE:

Annual software maintenance for G. E. Fanuc SCADA software

 

 

             I.      Intellution Software Maintenance   The City pays annual software maintenance for software used with GE Fanuc equipment used by the Utilities Department to manage their SCADA networks at all three plants.   

 

          II.      Intellution Software   The Intellution software being renewed is used by the Utilities Department to manage the SCADA networks and operate the GE Fanuc equipment controlled by the software.  This software is manufacturer specific and is purchased directly from the Manufacturer (G. E. Fanuc), but processed through the provider for our territory, Industrial Network Systems, (INS).  INS processes all orders of G. E. Fanuc software for all end-users, resellers and integrators in this area.  This is a sole source purchase.  To verify this, we contacted an integrator, the R.E. Pedrotti Co., and verified that they would also have the buy the G. E. Fanuc software through INS at the exact same price we would pay. The R. E. Pedrotti Co. verified that this is considered a sole source purchase and that purchase orders are required to be made out to the manufacturer (G. E. Fanuc), the sole source provider and orders processed through their territory representative Industrial Network Solutions.

 

       III.      Software Funding. 

The software is funded by the Utilities Department and is broken down as follows:

         

Wastewater Plant

501-7310-583.40-04

$9,580.14

Utilities Collections Division

501-7410-584.40-04

$9,580.14

Kaw Plant

501-7220-582.40-04      

$9,580.14

Clinton Plant

501-7210-581.40-04

$9,580.13

 

TOTAL:

$38,320.55

                                           

        IV.      Action Requests  Information Systems is recommending that the City of Lawrence approve a purchase order in the amount of $38,320.55 to GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Inc., c/o Industrial Network Systems to continue the City’s use of Intellution Software until March 1, 2010.