Template revised April 12, 2018.
COMMISSION
AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Item No.
6e
ACTION ITEM
Date of Meeting
August 13, 2019
DATE: August 6, 2019
TO: Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director
FROM: Matt Breed, Chief Information Officer
Stuart Mathews, Director Aviation Maintenance
SUBJECT: Technology Contract Renewals (Short Form)
Amount of contract renewals:
$2,550,000
ACTION REQUESTED
Request Commission authorization for the Executive Director to execute contracts for
technology renewals with 1) Tierpoint for data center services in the amount of $1,800,000,
and 2) Materna for airport common-use system maintenance in the amount of $750,000.
SUMMARY
Information & Communication Technology (ICT) manages contracts with Tierpoint and Materna
to provide maintenance and services supporting applications and our business continuity
requirements. Both contracts will expire in the next several months necessitating a renewal
effort to ensure we continue to provide critical services Port-wide.
1) In 2014, the Port of Seattle established a secondary data center at Tierpoint in Liberty
Lake Washington to reduce the risk of a catastrophic failure in our primary data center
at Sea-Tac airport. This data center includes a redundant backup environment and
application failover to ensure the availability of critical Port systems. The renewal
contract will be executed for up to a ten-year period and total amount not to exceed
$1,800,000. Tierpoint will be procured for the renewal through a Policy Waiver.
2) In 2008, the Port of Seattle implemented the UltraCuse common-use passenger
processing system, later sold to Materna. This system enables airlines and handling
agents to access an application that mimics their own proprietary software and is
available from shared workstations and printers located at ticket counters, gates, and
jet way doors for check-in, ticketing, and baggage tagging. The renewal contract will be
executed for up to 5 years and total amount not to exceed $750,000.
Both contracts negotiated will include exit options should business or product strategies change
over the course of the contract term.
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