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BID WAIVER
ITEM: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software
DEPARTMENT: ITD
TYPE OF PURCHASE: Term
REASON: The Department of Information Technology has a need for
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software to provide
modern, reliable, efficient and integrated support the City's
finance, employee relations, budget, payroll and
purchasing functions.
RECOMMENDATION:
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission,
ratify, approve and confirm by a four/fifths (4/5th)
affirmative vote, the City Manager's determination that
competitive sealed bidding procedures are not practical or
advantageous, waiving the requirements of said
procedures and authorizing the negotiation and execution
of an agreement for the purchase of Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP) software with the following software
vendors (listed in alphabetical order) from Lawson,
Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP and any necessary third -party
application software, based on further evaluation of
technical and functional requirements that best fit the
needs of the City of Miami, total cost of ownership,
viability, scripted demos, reference checks, experience of
providing software to municipalities of government
agencies of similar size and/or complexity, and cost, in an
amount between $1,400,000 and $2,600,000. Should
negotiations fail with the first top -ranked firm, it is
recommended the City negotiate with the next highest
ranked firm(s), until a successful contract is negotiated for
the Department of ITD; allocating funds therefor from the
Information Technology Enterprise Resource Planning
Capital Improvement, Account Code No. 311613, and
additionally from various other departmental operating
budgets on a citywide basis and from various CIP
Accounts, subject to the availability of funds.
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