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Council approves ERP change orders and a $388,073.50 three-year Workday support agreement
Ahead of the Workday HR and payroll go-live, the City Council approved on its consent agenda (5-0) Change Orders No. 4 and 5 to Cognizant's implementation contract ($6,444 and $12,620, for payroll needs found in parallel testing), raising the not-to-exceed total to $2,581,975, and a three-year Cognizant "Continuous Value Services" statement of work ($388,073.50) for support during the first three years after go-live. Change Orders 1-3 (May-August 2023) had addressed HCM and payroll scoping and testing.[1][2][3][4][5]
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What the sources say
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Agendas list Cognizant implementation change orders of $127,196 (No. 1, May 9, 2023, HCM and payroll scoping), $28,200 (No. 2, July 11, 2023, additional scoping) and $25,000 (No. 3, August 15, 2023, additional testing), and on November 14, 2023 Change Orders No. 4 ($6,444) and No. 5 ($12,620) for payroll needs found in parallel testing, for a revised total not to exceed $2,581,975.[3][4][5][1]
- Original
- $2,382,515
- Revised total
- $2,581,975
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The November 14, 2023 memo describes a three-year, $388,073.50 Cognizant 'Continuous Value Services' statement of work for system updates, reporting and integrations, and Workday optimization during the first three years in production, 'provided under the City's master service agreement signed with Cognizant in October 2022.'[1]
- Amount
- $388,074
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Both items were on the November 14, 2023 consent agenda, which was approved as stated 5-0 (Mayor Cole Stanley and Councilmembers Josh Craft, Don Tipps, Tom Scherlen and Les Simpson) with no items pulled.[2]
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Minutes for the May, July and August 2023 meetings are scanned and were not reviewed; the November 2023 item lists $180,396 in previous change orders, equal to the sum of Change Orders 1-3.[1]