CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the award of Change Order #4 to Contract 16-083, Advanced Scheduling/Timekeeping Software and Implementation Services, to NOVAtime Technology, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $10,600 and a total award of $855,835
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DEPARTMENT: Finance Department
SUBMITTED BY: Raymond Munch, Deputy Finance Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
In April 2016, City Council awarded Contract 18-083 to NOVAtime Technology, Inc. to implement and host a new advanced scheduling and timekeeping software. The City is currently in the final year of the seven-year term.
In September 2018, the City Manager approved Change Order #1 for $6,250 to allow NOVAtime to host a test environment while the City implemented the HR/Payroll modules in the Tyler Munis ERP for a January 1, 2019 go-live date.
Staff determined that the HR/Payroll modules would not go live until July 2019 and, in May 2019, received City Council approval for Change Order #2 in the amount of $15,000 to extend the use of the test environment through the end of 2019.
Change Order #3 was approved by the City Council in March 2020 for $40,000 to extend the use of the test environment an additional year and to obtain additional support for payroll staff through 2020 to continue making the necessary modifications to the payroll system.
Change Order #4 is requested to add $10,600 to Contract 16-083 to complete the contract for year six.
DISCUSSION:
In August 2022, staff was notified by NOVAtime that the company was acquired by Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG) and the NOVAtime product would not be maintained beyond the next 18 months. Once discontinued, NOVAtime customers would be moved to the UKG Dimensions platform.
In April 2023, the City Council approved an agreement with UKG for the implementation of next-generation timekeeping and scheduling software. Staff is currently waiting for UKG to begin the implementation of the new software.
To ensure th...
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