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August 10, 2023 Item #4

Agenda Item 4

4. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - APPROVAL OF FIRST AMENDMENT TO\nAGREEMENT NO. 21-9826 WITH SIERRA CYBERNETICS, INC. FOR ON-CALL\nINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES\nSummary: Staff requests approval of a First Amendment to City of Los Angeles Harbor\nDepartment Agreement No. 21-9826 with Sierra Cybernetics, Inc. for Information Technology\nservices on an on-call, as-needed basis which may include support for on-going IT operations,\nincluding the helpdesk, end user support, data center, servers, storage, network, cyber security,\nsoftware applications, databases, telephones, cellular services, data circuits, physical security\nsystems, and related IT services. The proposed Amendment will increase the not-to-exceed\nagreement amount by $970,000, from $1,500,000 currently to $2,470,000 as proposed. The\nthree-year agreement term will remain unchanged. The Harbor Department will continue to be\nfinancially responsible for the payment of expenses incurred under the Agreement.\nRecommendation: Board resolve to (1) find that the Director of Environmental Management has\ndetermined that the proposed action is administratively exempt from the requirements of the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Article II Section 2(f) of the Los Angeles City\nCEQA Guidelines; (2) find that in accordance with the Los Angeles City Charter Section 1022,\nthe services required can be performed more feasibly by an outside contractor than by City\nemployees; (3) approve the First Amendment to Agreement No. 21-9826 with Sierra Cybernetics\nInc. to provide on-call, as-needed Information Technology services for an additional amount of\n$970,000 with a new total not-to-exceed agreement amount of $2,470,000 and no change to the\nthree-year agreement term; (4) authorize the Executive Director to execute and the Board\nSecretary to attest to said Amendment for and on behalf of the Board; and (5) adopt Resolution\nNo. __________________ .\nExecutive Office