COMMISSION
AGENDA MEMORANDUM

Item No.

ACTION ITEM

Date of Meeting

DATE:

July 1, 2019

TO:

Steven P. Metruck, Executive Director

FROM:

Ralph Graves, Senior Director Capital Development
Janice Zahn, Assistant Engineering Director, Construction Services

6e
July 9, 2019

SUBJECT: Baggage Optimization Project - Phase 1 (CIP #C800612): Change Order #62 (Short
Form)
Amount of this request:

$0

ACTION REQUESTED
Request Commission authorization for the Executive Director to execute Change Order No. 62
to Contract MC-0318277, Baggage Optimization Project - Phase 1 at Seattle-Tacoma
International Airport, to provide baggage handling system (BHS) controls software redundancy
(failsafe). This change order will add $361,770.22 to the contract from the project's
construction contingency; no project funding increase is required.
SUMMARY
This change order request requires no budget (zero dollars) because it can be accommodated
within previously authorized budget, and it requires no time (zero days) because it can be
accommodated within existing contract schedule parameters. Commission action is required
under the General Delegation of Authority because the value is over $300,000.
Description of Change
Change Order No. 62 will enable the Contractor to provide all research, development, and
engineering in order to provide and implement virtual machine redundancy (failsafe) for the
upper level BHS controls. This will protect the baggage system upper level controls from
vulnerabilities during unplanned outages and prevent the airport from losing all baggage
system functionality. It will also enable the baggage system controls to remain active for
routine system patches and virus protection.
Providing virtual machine redundancy for the BHS controls will provide an increased level of
security and stability for the system and operations. This software includes automatic failover
fault tolerance, defined as immediate failover of applications or components to their redundant
counterpart when a failure occurs, manual failover functionality, and 24/7 availability while
enabling access for system updates and maintenance. This work has been coordinated and
emphasized as a requirement with the Port AV Electrical and Electronic Systems department.
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Template revised September 22, 2016.