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RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Cpbse!Nfnpsboevn BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIESDATE: JULY 9, 2018 ITEM NO: 7 SUBJECT:SECONDAMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR THE OPERATIONAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROJECT EXTENDING THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT TO JULY 18, 2019, WITH NO CHANGE IN COMPENSATION ISSUE: Approve the SecondAmendment to Professional Services Agreement with Industrial Evolution, Inc. extendingthe term of the Agreement from July 18, 2018 to July 18, 2019, with no change in compensation. RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of Public Utilities approve the Second Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Industrial Evolution, Inc. for consultant services for the Operational Data Management System Project to extend the term July 18, 2019, with no change in compensation. BACKGROUND: On April 25, 2016, the Board of Public Utilities(Board)approved Phase I of the Operational Data Management System (ODMS) project, in support of Utility 2.0 to increase operational efficiencies and provide critical operational data to make more informed business decisions. This included anEnterprise Agreement with OSIsoft, Inc. for the PI system, associated hardware, and a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Industrial Evolution, Inc.for PItechnical resources, acting as extension-of-staff, for a one-year term,in the amount of $698,000. On June 12, 2017, the Board approved Phase II of the ODMS project, which included a First Amendment to the PSA with Industrial Evolution, Inc. to extend the contract one year and increase the compensation amount to $1,422,000. However, the First Amendmenterroneously only increased the compensation to $724,000 instead of increasing the agreement amount by$724,000. Staff recommends extending the PSA with Industrial Evolution, Inc. one additional year utilizing cost savings from year twoto support Phase IIIimplementation and on-going supportof the PI system. Staff also recommends correcting the error in the First Amendment to reflect the correct amount of the agreement of $1,422,000. DISCUSSION: All divisions within Riverside Public Utilities (RPU)rely on data to make operational and fiscal decisions. Thousands of data points are collected daily from field equipment and monitoring devices, electric and water meters, customer interactions,and financial transactions. The data is stored in various formats, such as spreadsheets, Microsoft Access databases, and a variety of systems (such as Oracle’s Utilities Work Page 51