REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AND
CORONA UTILITY AUTHORITY ACTION
DATE: 11/03/2021
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
Honorable President and Board Members
FROM: Utilities Department
SUBJECT:
Title
Master Services Agreement with Paymentus Corporation for electronic processing of utility payments.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City of Corona Utilities Department processes utility customer payments for an estimated 44,000 accounts. More than half of the payments collected are processed electronically. The Utilities Department recommends approval to extend the Paymentus Corporation Master Services Agreement from 2016 through June 30, 2023 ("Initial Term") and increase the annual purchase order amount to $500,000 through Fiscal Year 2023.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the:
a. City Council approve and authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to reinstate and execute the Master Services Agreement from 2016 with Paymentus Corporation of Charlotte, NC (Paymentus).
b. City Council approve an extension of the Master Services Agreement from 2016 through June 30, 2023.
c. City Council authorize the Purchasing Manager to issue purchase orders for Electronic Processing of Utility Payments to Paymentus Corporation of Charlotte, NC for $500,000 per fiscal year for Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023.
d. City Council authorizes the General Manager and City Attorney, or their designees, to negotiate and execute non-substantive extensions, change orders, and amendments up to $50,000 or 10% of the original contract amount as authorized in the Corona Municipal Code Section 3.08.060(J).
e. City Council make a determination under Corona Municipal Code Section 3.08.140(E) that competitive bidding is not required for this purchase based upon the reasons provided in the "Basis for Exception to Competitive Bidding" section of this report.
f. Corona Utility Authority review, ratify, and to the extent necessary, direct the City Council to take the a...
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