RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with Planet Technologies, Inc., effective December 1, 2016, to increase the payment limit by $50,000 to a new payment limit of $140,795 for additional professional information technology (IT) services, to upgrade and enhance the department's Intranet and Shared Text Automated Retrieval System (STARS) and to extend the term end date from June 30, 2017 to December 31, 2017. (45% Federal, 45% State, 10% County)

FISCAL IMPACT:

$140,795: 100% Administrative Overhead (45% Federal, 45% State, 10% County)

BACKGROUND:

Planet Technologies, Inc. (PT) has provided professional IT services to enhance EHSD's On-Line Court Report System and assist in building the department's Intranet. The successful enhancements to the On-Line Court Report System has improved how attorneys and the courts access documents relevant to their cases. The Intranet upgrade has improved departmental communications and has provided a resource to address regulations, procedures and policies for programs and computer systems in support of those programs.