3DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Annual Contract for Hosting Services for a Learning Management System
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes acceptance of a contract with eThink Education to provide Hosting Services for a Learning Management System for an estimated total cost of $364,106.00. Funding for this contract will be available through the General Fund.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Submitted for Council consideration and action is a proposal submitted by eThink Education to provide on-going hosting services to support its Moodle Learning Management System used for training administration of online, seated, and hybrid courses. The Learning Management System has been utilized by the Human Resources Department since October 2016 to launch compliance training, such as Security Awareness and Ethics, to City employees. This training was taken by over 6,000 employees in the last two years to ensure adherence to set policies and reinforcing safeguards for the City. In May 2018, the Human Resources Training Division launched self-enrollment for professional development courses offered by Alamo Colleges. Employees are now able to self-enroll in a course that can be used to help them further their skills and career.
This enterprise learning system supports all City departments and the City's 12,000 plus employees to become more engaged and in control of their career development to continue building a stronger worker force through e-learning. Use of an online learning system results in cost savings by minimizing parking fees, mileage, and time away from work since employees will now be able to access training online.
The City issued a Request for Competitive Sealed Proposal (RFCSP) for "Annual Contract for Hosting Services for a Learning Management System" (RFCSP 6100009954) on March 02, 2018, with a submission deadline of March 30, 2018. Four proposal responses were received and deemed ...
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