REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on an Enterprise Program Agreement and Corporate Family Software License and Services Agreement with OSIsoft, LLC
Report
BACKGROUND
The Electric Utility Department, Silicon Valley Power (SVP), maintains and supports historical data infrastructure for electric utility operations, generation, and power trading. The data is collected and maintained in numerous systems, such as the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and Geospacial Information System (GIS). Utilizing OSIsoft's (OSI) Plant Information (PI) historian software allows for seamless and secure data collection and configuration from these systems, assisting with compliance to regulations and streamlining SVP processes and procedures. OSIsoft has been providing service support through an Enterprise and Software License Agreement to the City for the past 14 years. The previous Agreement expired on April 24, 2017. Staff has been actively negotiating with OSIsoft regarding the terms for over a year and completed negotiations in June 2018. To achieve continuity the new Enterprise Program Agreement will need to be effective retroactive to April 24, 2017 for a 5-year term.
DISCUSSION
SVP has considered alternative solutions, such as Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle. These alternative solutions require an additional third party vendor for integration and transitioning to one of those alternative solutions would require significant staff time. By sole sourcing this procurement, per City Code section 2.105.160(b)(5)(E), and continuing to license with OSIsoft, the original equipment manufacturer and sole provider of the PI historian software, SVP will achieve significant cost savings for continued product service/support. In addition, SVP has found OSIsoft's performance more than satisfactory with OSIsoft continuing to develop the PI historian software, which has greatly enhanced SVP's data collection, storage, analysis, and presentation capabilities. SVP uses the ...
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