Title
Transit Scheduling Software Maintenance and Upgrade Licensing Agreement
Action
Action:
A. Approve an annual, flat fee contract with GIRO, Inc. for maintenance and support of the HASTUS transit scheduling software system, and
B. Authorize the City Manager to amend the contract consistent with the City's business needs and the purpose for which the contract was approved.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Larry Kopf, CATS
Explanation
* The HASTUS Scheduling System is the software system that CATS has used since 2000 to:
* Review operator work assignments for optimal use of overtime;
* Maintain low idle time; and
* Increase cost-effectiveness in operations.
* The software increases the efficiency of operator use and wages, which are CATS Bus Operations' largest cost drivers.
* In 2007, CATS began a project to upgrade and expand the HASTUS Scheduling System, resulting in a software suite that includes multiple modules used for daily dispatching, management of driver work assignments, pay and attendance, analysis of actual on street running time to schedule time, and coordinating schedule development with contractual and statutory obligations and parameters.
* On October 26, 2015, the City Council approved an agreement with GIRO, Inc. to upgrade the existing HASTUS Scheduling System and all of its modules. That upgrade is in the process of being implemented and is expected to be fully operational during Fiscal Year 2017.
* The contract with GIRO, Inc. will provide post-warranty maintenance and future routine upgrade licensing going forward. It also provides CATS with the ability to obtain future upgrades for only the cost of implementation services, which would be negotiated at the time of the future upgrade.
* The proposed annual flat fee for these services are:
* Year 1: $201,500,
* Year 2: $206,537,
* Year 3: $211,700, and
* Subsequent years: no more than 3% escalation over previous year's fee.
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