Technology Services recommends contracting with Insight Global LLC for professional staffing services for an immediate need for a Business Analyst in its Applications Division. Technology Services is working with City departments on a Smart Cities initiative to automate manual process, forms, and drive automation improvements which will act as both force multipliers and improve the effectiveness of the organization. A Business Analyst is needed to help identify, prioritize, process manage, and define requirements for these efforts. This contract with Insight Global LLC is for a total of up to 6 months.
Insight Global LLC is a professional services / staffing support and placement company with a specialty in technology professionals and will be able to provide immediate access to skilled resources to address the specific skills needed for this project. This staff augmentation allows the City to obtain professional support, while evaluating the skills and abilities of a highly qualified technologists through a contractual staffing approach. This is a common practice used by municipalities for technology staffing. Additionally, if an Insight Global contract employee is not performing to our standards the company will provide resource options for the City to select a replacement.
An award to Insight Global will be based on GSA-70 contract GS-35F-0247Y in the amount not to exceed $93,600.
If the City of Plano does not purchase these analyst services Technology Services would be very limited in their ability to make progress on this Smart City Initiative and the quality of the process improvement and requirements definition would suffer significantly as there is a significant shortage of available resources and limited expertise available to address this effort.
The City is authorized to purchase from the Federal Contract list pursuant to Chapter 271 Subchapter G of the Texas Local Government Code and by doing so satisfies any State Law requiring local governments to seek competitive bids for items. (GSA 70 Contract GS-35F-0247Y and City of Plano Internal Contract No. 2021-0386-O)