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August 10, 2023 Item #13

Agenda Item 13

13. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - FIRST AMENDMENT TO SERVICE AGREEMENT\nNO. 21-9843 BETWEEN BYRD PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES LLP dba BYRD\nGROUP AND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HARBOR DEPARTMENT FOR STAFFING\nAS-NEEDED BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYSTS SERVICES\nSummary: Staff requests approval of the First Amendment to Agreement No. 21-9843 with Byrd\nProfessional Resources LLP, a professional staffing services headquartered in John’s Creek\nGeorgia, to provide experienced Business Systems Analysts to assist the City of Los Angeles\nHarbor Department in upgrading its on-premise Oracle EBS ERP System to the Oracle ERP\nCloud. This item is associated with items 7 and 8, Amendment to Agreement No. 22-9855 with\nCherryroad Technologies, Inc. and Amendment to Agreement No. 22-9854 Niti Systems\nConsultants, Inc., of this agenda. The proposed First Amendment will exercise the option to\nrenew the term of the Agreement for one year, for a total term not to exceed three years and\nadditional funding of $1,940,400, not-to-exceed the amount of $6,081,200. The proposed\nAmendment is required at this time because the upgrade project schedule has been extended\nfor an additional year. The Harbor Department will continue to be financially responsible for the\npayment of expenditures 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, it\nis more feasible for outside consultants to perform this work than City employees; (3) approve\nthe Amendment to the Agreement No. 21-9843 with Byrd Professional Resources LLP to\nexercise the option to renew the term of the Agreement for one year, for a total term not to\nexceed three years and additional funding of $1,940,400 not-to-exceed the amount of\n$6,081,200; (4) authorize the Executive Director or designee and the Board Secretary to attest\nto the Amendment; and (5) adopt Resolution No. __________________ .\nPort Police