{"MatterTextId":17736,"MatterTextGuid":"A0E72E69-81D5-4F5F-B6C7-07497F64D162","MatterTextLastModifiedUtc":"2022-06-22T20:45:31.38","MatterTextRowVersion":"AAAAAAEPpXw=","MatterTextMatterId":17726,"MatterTextVersion":"1","MatterTextPlain":"Posting Language\n..Title\nAuthorize negotiation and execution of a contract with HORIZON Lab Systems, LLC to provide laboratory information management software licenses, maintenance, and managed support services, for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $720,000.\n\n(Note: Sole source contracts are exempt from the City Code Chapter 2-9C Minority Owned and Women Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program; therefore, no subcontracting goals were established).\n\n..Body\nLead Department\nFinancial Services Department.\n\nClient Department(s)\nAustin Water.\n\nFiscal Note\nFunding in the amount of $120,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Operating Budget of Austin Water. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.\n\nPurchasing Language:\nSole Source.\n\nFor More Information:\nInquiries should be directed to Dominick Jones, at 512-978-1524 or Dominick.Jones@austintexas.gov.\n\nCouncil Committee, Boards and Commission Action:\nAugust 10, 2022 - Recommended by the Water Wastewater Commission on a 7-0 vote with two absences and two vacancies.\n\nAdditional Backup Information:\nThe contract will provide laboratory information management software licenses, maintenance, and managed support services for Austin Water's existing HORIZON Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). The HORIZON LIMS platform enables the Austin Water Laboratory Services Division to house all analytical data, and functions as the hub for other major laboratory functions and to communicate, generate, and deliver reports to state and federal agencies as well as to its customers. \nAustin Water Laboratory Services Division maintains laboratories at three locations and is accredited in accordance with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and The National Environmental Laboratories Accreditation Conference Institute (TNI) requirements. This contract will enable the laboratory to continue to meet all existing and future TCEQ/TNI accreditation requirements as well as the overall laboratory LIMS needs. Austin Water Laboratory Services Division staff use the LIMS daily to produce over 200 regulatory compliance reports annually. \nHORIZON Lab Systems, LLC is the sole supplier and authorized Services Company for the HORIZON Laboratory Information Management System, including HORIZON Data Management, HORIZON Field, HORIZON Logbooks, and instrument interfacing products. Additional software, services, support, and training relating to the HORIZON product are not available from any other supplier source.\n\n\n..Strategic Outcome(s)\nStrategic Outcome(s):\nGovernment that Works for All.\n","MatterTextRtf":"{\\rtf1\\fbidis\\ansi\\ansicpg1252\\deff0\\deflang1033\\deflangfe1033{\\fonttbl{\\f0\\froman\\fprq2\\fcharset0 Garamond;}{\\f1\\froman\\fprq2\\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}}\n{\\colortbl ;\\red5\\green99\\blue193;\\red255\\green255\\blue255;}\n\\viewkind4\\uc1\\pard\\ltrpar\\nowidctlpar\\ul\\b\\f0\\fs24 Posting Language\\ulnone\\b0\\line\\fs2 ..Title\\fs24\\par\n\\fs22 Authorize negotiation and execution of a contract with HORIZON Lab Systems, LLC to provide laboratory information management software licenses, maintenance, and managed support services, for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $720,000.\\par\n\\par\n(Note: Sole source contracts are exempt from the City Code Chapter 2-9C\\b  \\b0 Minority Owned and Women Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program; therefore, no subcontracting goals were established)\\f1 .\\f0\\fs24\\par\n\\par\n\\fs2 ..Body\\par\n\\ul\\b\\fs24 Lead Department\\par\n\\ulnone\\b0\\fs22 Financial Services Department\\f1 .\\b\\f0\\fs24\\par\n\\par\n\\ul Client Department(s)\\ulnone\\line\\b0\\fs22 Austin Water\\f1 .\\f0\\fs24\\par\n\\b\\par\n\\ul Fiscal Note\\par\n\\ulnone\\b0\\fs22 Funding in the amount of $120,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Operating Budget of Austin Water. 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