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AGREEMENT FOR DISASTER RECOVERY ASSESSMENT
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THIS AGREEMENT, dated for reference purposes only as January 2022 is by and between the City
of Renton (the “City”), a Washington municipal corporation, and Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc.
(“Consultant”), A Texas Corporation registerd in Washington. The City and the Consultant are
referred to collectively in this Agreement as the “Parties.” Once fully executed by the Parties, this
Agreement is effective as of the last date signed by both parties.
1. Scope of Work: Consultant agrees to provide Disaster Recovery Assessment Services as
specified in Exhibits A&B, which is attached and incorporated herein and may
hereinafter be referred to as the “Work.”
2. Changes in Scope of Work: The City, without invalidating this Agreement, may order
changes to the Work consisting of additions, deletions or modifications. Any such changes
to the Work shall be ordered by the City in writing and the Compensation shall be
equitably adjusted consistent with the rates set forth in Exhibits A&B; Service Cost or as
otherwise mutually agreed by the Parties.
3. Time of Performance: Consultant shall commence performance of the Agreement
pursuant to the schedule(s) set forth in Exhibits A&B, . All Work shall be performed by no
later than December 31, 2022.
4. Compensation:
A. Amount. Total compensation to Consultant for Work provided pursuant to this
Agreement shall not exceed $44,000.00, plus any applicable state and local sales
taxes. Compensation shall be paid as a flat rate fixed sum based upon Work actually
performed according to the rate(s) or amounts specified in Exhibits A&B; Service Cost.
The Consultant agrees that any hourly or flat rate charged by it for its Work shall
remain locked at the negotiated rate(s) unless otherwise agreed to in writing or
provided in Exhibits A&B; Service Cost. Except as specifically provided herein, the
Consultant shall be solely responsible for payment of any taxes imposed as a result of
the performance and payment of this Agreement.
B. Method of Payment. Upon completion of each milestone as set forth in Exhibit A,
Consultant shall submit an invoice in a form specified by the City, including a
description of what Work has been performed, the name of the personnel performing
such Work, and any hourly labor charge rate for such personnel. The Consultant shall
also submit a final bill upon completion of all Work. Payment shall be made by the
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City for Work performed within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt and approval by
the appropriate City representative of the voucher or invoice. If the Consultant’s
performance does not meet the requirements of this Agreement, the Consultant will
correct or modify its performance to comply with the Agreement. The City may
withhold payment for work that does not meet the requirements of this Agreement.
C. Effect of Payment. Payment for any part of the Work shall not constitute a waiver by
the City of any remedies it may have against the Consultant for failure of the
Consultant to perform the Work or for any breach of this Agreement by the
Consultant.
D. Non-Appropriation of Funds. If sufficient funds are not appropriated or allocated for
payment under this Agreement for any future fiscal period, the City shall not be
obligated to make payments for Work or amounts incurred after the end of the
current fiscal period, and this Agreement will terminate upon the completion of all
remaining Work for which funds are allocated and the Consultant shall not be
obligated to further perform any Services hereunder until the sufficient funds are
appropriated. No penalty or expense shall accrue to the City in the event this provision
applies.
5. Termination:
A. The City reserves the right to terminate this Agreement at any time, with or without
cause by giving ten (10) calendar days’ notice to the Consultant in writing. In the event
of such termination or suspension, all finished or unfinished documents, data, studies,
worksheets, models and reports, or other material prepared by the Consultant as part
of the completed milestones pursuant to this Agreement shall be submitted to the
City, if any, are required as part of the Work.
B. In the event this Agreement is terminated by the City, the Consultant shall be entitled
to payment for all hours worked to the effective date of termination, less all payments
previously made. If the Agreement is terminated by the City after partial performance
of Work for which the agreed compensation is a fixed fee, the City shall pay the
Consultant an equitable share of the fixed fee. This provision shall not prevent the
City from seeking any legal remedies it may have for the violation or nonperformance
of any of the provisions of this Agreement. and such charges due to the City shall be
deducted from the final payment due the Consultant No payment shall be made by
the City for any expenses incurred or work done following the effective date of
termination unless authorized in advance in writing by the City.
6. Warranties And Right To Use Work Product: Consultant represents and warrants that
Consultant will perform all Work identified in this Agreement in a professional and
workmanlike manner and in accordance with all reasonable and professional standards
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and laws. Compliance with professional standards includes, solely to the extent
applicable, performing the Work in compliance with applicable City standards or
guidelines (e.g. design criteria and Standard Plans for Road, Bridge and Municipal
Construction). Consultant further represents and warrants that all final work product
created for and delivered to the City pursuant to this Agreement shall be the original work
of the Consultant and free from any intellectual property encumbrance which would
restrict the City from using the work product. Consultant grants to the City a non-
exclusive, perpetual right and license to use, reproduce, distribute, adapt, modify, and
display all final work product produced pursuant to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the transfer of any rights hereunder shall not apply to, Background Technology
(as hereinafter defined) or any software, materials or other technology which is owned
or controlled by a third-party (“Third-Party Background Technology”) even to the extent
included in, or necessary to, the Deliverable(s) or work product. “Background
Technology” means all processes, tools, works of authorship, programs, data, utilities or
other intellectual property, in whatever form, that Sirius prepared or had prepared
outside the scope of the Services provided hereunder. Sirius Background Technology,
working papers, scripts, proprietary methodology and confidential information belong
exclusively to Sirius, including to the extent included in the Deliverable. Customer is
granted a nonexclusive license to use Sirius Background Technology or Third-Party
Background Technology for the limited purpose of implementing the Deliverable for
Customer’s internal purposes.The City’s or other’s adaptation, modification or use of the
final work products other than for the purposes of this Agreement shall be without
liability to the Consultant. The provisions of this section shall survive the expiration or
termination of this Agreement.
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH ABOVE, THE CONSULTANT MAKES NO OTHER
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, TO THE CITY OR TO ANY
OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY REGARDING SERVICES AND DELIVERABLES, AND THE
CONSULTANT EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OF TRADE, OR COURSE OF
PERFORMANCE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
7. Record Maintenance: The Consultant shall maintain accounts and records, which
properly reflect all direct and indirect costs expended and Work provided in the
performance of this Agreement and retain such records for as long as may be required by
applicable Washington State records retention laws, but in any event no less than six
years after the termination of this Agreement. The Consultant agrees to provide access
to and copies of any records related to this Agreement as may be required by the City to
audit expenditures and charges and/or to comply with the Washington State Public
Records Act (Chapter 42.56 RCW),. The provisions of this section shall survive the
expiration or termination of this Agreement.
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8. Public Records Compliance: To the full extent the City determines necessary to comply
with the Washington State Public Records Act, upon the City’s request, Consultant shall
make a due diligent search of all records in its possession or control relating to this
Agreement and the Work, including, but not limited to, e-mail, correspondence, notes,
saved telephone messages, recordings, photos, or drawings and provide them to the City
for production. In the event Consultant believes said records need to be protected from
disclosure, it may, at Consultant’s own expense, seek judicial protection from such
request. Consultant shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the City for all costs,
including attorneys’ fees, attendant to any claim or litigation related to a Public Records
Act request for which Consultant has responsive records and for which Consultant has
wrongfully withheld records or information contained therein, or not provided them to
the City in a timely manner. Consultant shall produce for distribution any and all records
responsive to the Public Records Act request in a timely manner, unless those records are
protected by court order. The provisions of this section shall survive the expiration or
termination of this Agreement.
9. Independent Contractor Relationship:
A. The Consultant is retained by the City only for the purposes and to the extent set forth
in this Agreement. The nature of the relationship between the Consultant and the City
during the period of the Work shall be that of an independent contractor, not
employee. The Consultant, not the City, shall have the power to control and direct the
details, manner or means of Work. Specifically, but not by means of limitation, the
Consultant shall have no obligation to work any particular hours or particular
schedule, unless otherwise indicated in the Scope of Work or where scheduling of
attendance or performance is mutually arranged due to the nature of the Work.
Consultant shall retain the right to designate the means of performing the Work
covered by this agreement, and the Consultant shall be entitled to employ other
workers at such compensation and such other conditions as it may deem proper,
provided, however, that any contract so made by the Consultant is to be paid by it
alone, and that employing such workers, it is acting individually and not as an agent
for the City.
B. The City shall not be responsible for withholding or otherwise deducting federal
income tax or Social Security or contributing to the State Industrial Insurance
Program, or otherwise assuming the duties of an employer with respect to Consultant
or any employee of the Consultant.
C. If the Consultant is a sole proprietorship or if this Agreement is with an individual, the
Consultant agrees to notify the City and complete any required form if the Consultant
retired under a State of Washington retirement system and agrees to indemnify any
losses the City may sustain through the Consultant’s failure to do so.
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10. Hold Harmless; Limitation of Liability: The Consultant agrees to release, indemnify,
defend, and hold harmless the City, elected officials, employees, officers, representatives,
and volunteers from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, causes of action,
arbitrations, mediations, proceedings, and their resulting judgments, awards, injuries,
damages, liabilities, taxes, losses, fines, fees, penalties, expenses, or reasonable
attorneys’ fees, costs, and/or litigation expenses to or by any and all persons or entities,
arising from, resulting from, or related to the negligent acts, errors or omissions of the
Consultant in its performance of this Agreement or a breach of the express warranties
within Section 6 of this Agreement by Consultant, except for that portion of the claims
caused by the City’s sole negligence.
Except for Paragraph 8 under the Public Records Act, IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY
BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
PUNITIVE, OR ANY OTHER NON-DIRECT DAMAGES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
LOST PROFITS OR FUTURE REVENUES, LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF OR DAMAGE TO DATA,
COST OF CAPITAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS REPUTATION OR OPPORTUNITY, OR ANY CLAIM OR
DEMAND AGAINST THE OTHER PARTY BY ANY THIRD PARTY, HOWEVER CAUSED,
WHETHER UNDER THEORY OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR
OTHERWISE, EVEN IF SAID PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES AND EVEN IF ANY REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. THE CITY SHALL
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BACK-UP OF ALL DATA, SOFTWARE, OPERATING SYSTEMS,
SOFTWARE CONFIGURATIONS, AND NETWORKING CONFIGURATIONS IN PREPARATION
FOR AND DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
CONSULTANT BE LIABLE FOR LOSS, CORRUPTION OF, OR DAMAGE TO DATA. EXCEPT FOR
DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE CONSULTANT’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS ABOVE
WHICH SHALL NOT EXCEED A TOTAL OF TWO MILLION DOLLARS, EACH PARTY’S LIABILITY
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT
REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER UNDER THEORY OF CONTRACT, TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, SHALL NOT EXCEED AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO
$200,000,00.00. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY
LAW, AND EACH PARTY AGREES TO RELEASE THE OTHER PARTY, ITS OFFICERS,
DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS FROM AND
AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITY EXCEEDING THE LIMITS STATED IN THIS PROVISION,
REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY OR REMEDY UNDER WHICH DAMAGES ARE
SOUGHT.
11. Gifts and Conflicts: The City’s Code of Ethics and Washington State law prohibit City
employees from soliciting, accepting, or receiving any gift, gratuity or favor from any
person, firm or corporation involved in a contract or transaction. To ensure compliance
with the City’s Code of Ethics and state law, the Consultant shall not give a gift of any kind
to City employees or officials. Consultant also confirms that Consultant does not have a
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business interest or a close family relationship with any City officer or employee who was,
is, or will be involved in selecting the Consultant, negotiating or administering this
Agreement, or evaluating the Consultant’s performance of the Work.
12. City of Renton Business License: Unless exempted by the Renton Municipal Code, the
Consultant shall obtain a City of Renton Business License prior to performing any Work
and maintain the business license in good standing throughout the term of this
agreement with the City.
Information regarding acquiring a city business license can be found at:
https://www.rentonwa.gov/Tax
Information regarding State business licensing requirements can be found at:
https://dor.wa.gov/doing-business/register-my-business
13. Insurance: Consultant shall secure and maintain:
A. Commercial general liability insurance in the minimum amounts of $1,000,000 for
each occurrence/$2,000,000 aggregate for the Term of this Agreement.
B. In the event that Work delivered pursuant to this Agreement either directly or
indirectly involve or require Professional Services, Professional Liability, Errors and
Omissions coverage shall be provided with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per
occurrence. "Professional Services", for the purpose of this section, shall mean any
Work provided by a licensed professional or Work that requires a professional
standard of care.
C. Workers’ compensation coverage, as required by the Industrial Insurance laws of the
State of Washington, shall also be secured.
D. Commercial Automobile Liability for owned, leased, hired or non-owned, leased, hired
or non-owned, with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence combined single
limit, if there will be any use of Consultant’s vehicles on the City’s Premises by or on
behalf of the City, beyond normal commutes.
E. Consultant shall name the City as an Additional Insured on its commercial general
liability policy on a non-contributory primary basis. The City’s insurance policies shall
not be a source for payment of any Consultant liability, nor shall the maintenance of
any insurance required by this Agreement be construed to limit the liability of
Consultant to the coverage provided by such insurance or otherwise limit the City’s
recourse to any remedy available at law or in equity.
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F. Subject to the City’s review and acceptance, a certificate of insurance showing the
proper endorsements, shall be delivered to the City before performing the Work.
G. Consultant shall provide the City with written notice of any policy cancellation within
two (2) business days of their receipt of such notice.
14. Delays: Consultant is not responsible for delays caused by factors beyond the
Consultant’s reasonable control. When such delays beyond the Consultant’s reasonable
control occur, the City agrees the Consultant is not responsible for damages, nor shall the
Consultant be deemed to be in default of the Agreement.
15. Successors and Assigns: Except in the event of a merger or the sale/transfer of all (or
substantially all) the assets or ownership interest of a party, neither the City nor the
Consultant shall assign, transfer or encumber any rights, duties or interests accruing from
this Agreement without the written consent of the other. This Agreement shall inure to
the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and
permitted assigns. Consultant must notify the City in writing within 45 days after a
merger or the sale/transfer.
16. Notices: Except for Service of Legal Process, any notice required under this Agreement
will be in writing and sent via email, addressed to the appropriate party at the address
which appears below (as modified in writing from time to time by such party), Time period
for notices shall be deemed to have commenced upon the date of receipt, EXCEPT email
delivery will be deemed to have commenced on the first business day following
transmission.
CITY OF RENTON
Brett Tietjen
1055 South Grady Way
Renton, WA 98057
Phone: (425) 430-6873
btietjen@rentonwa.gov
And to the City Clerk
Cityclerk@rentonwa.gov
CONSULTANT
Austin Worthington
Phone: (425) 406-5121
austin.worthington@siriuscom.com
With a copy to:
Sirius Contracts Department at
contracts@siriuscom.com
margery.baum@siriuscom.com
17. Discrimination Prohibited: Except to the extent permitted by a bona fide occupational
qualification, the Consultant agrees as follows:
A. Consultant, and Consultant’s agents, employees, representatives, and volunteers
with regard to the Work performed or to be performed under this Agreement, shall
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not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, nationality, creed, marital
status, sexual orientation or preference, age (except minimum age and retirement
provisions), honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the presence of any
sensory, mental or physical handicap, unless based upon a bona fide occupational
qualification in relationship to hiring and employment, in employment or application
for employment, the administration of the delivery of Work or any other benefits
under this Agreement, or procurement of materials or supplies.
B. The Consultant will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed
and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race,
creed, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, physical, sensory or mental
handicaps, or marital status. Such action shall include, but not be limited to the
following employment, upgrading, demotion or transfer, recruitment or recruitment
advertising, layoff or termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and
selection for training.
C. If the Consultant fails to comply with any of this Agreement’s non-discrimination
provisions, the City shall have the right, at its option, to cancel the Agreement in
whole or in part.
D. The Consultant is responsible to be aware of and in compliance with all federal, state
and local laws and regulations that may affect the satisfactory completion of the
project, which includes but is not limited to fair labor laws, worker's compensation,
and Title VI of the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, and will comply with City of Renton
Council Resolution Number 4085.
18. Miscellaneous: The parties hereby acknowledge:
A. The City is not responsible to train or provide training for Consultant.
B. Consultant will not be reimbursed for job related expenses except to the extent
specifically agreed within the attached exhibits.
C. Consultant shall furnish all tools and/or materials necessary to perform the Work
except to the extent specifically agreed within the attached exhibits.
D. In the event special training, licensing, or certification is required for Consultant to
provide Work he/she will acquire or maintain such at his/her own expense and, if
Consultant employs, sub-contracts, or otherwise assigns the responsibility to perform
the Work, said employee/sub-contractor/assignee will acquire and or maintain such
training, licensing, or certification.
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E. This is a non-exclusive agreement and Consultant is free to provide his/her Work to
other entities, so long as there is no interruption or interference with the provision of
Work called for in this Agreement.
F. Consultant is responsible for his/her own insurance, including, but not limited to
health insurance.
G. Consultant is responsible for his/her own Worker’s Compensation coverage as well as
that for any persons employed by the Consultant.
19. Other Provisions:
A. Approval Authority. Each individual executing this Agreement on behalf of the City
and Consultant represents and warrants that such individuals are duly authorized to
execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of the City or Consultant.
B. General Administration and Management. The City’s project manager is Brett Tietjen,
Network Systems Manager, btietjen@rentonwa.gov. In providing Work, Consultant
shall coordinate with the City’s contract manager or his/her designee.
C. Amendment and Modification. This Agreement may be amended only by an
instrument in writing, duly executed by both Parties.
D. Conflicts. In the event of any inconsistencies between Consultant proposals and this
Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. Any exhibits/attachments to
this Agreement are incorporated by reference only to the extent of the purpose for
which they are referenced within this Agreement. To the extent a Consultant
prepared exhibit conflicts with the terms in the body of this Agreement or contains
terms that are extraneous to the purpose for which it is referenced, the terms in the
body of this Agreement shall prevail and the extraneous terms shall not be
incorporated herein.
E. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be made in and shall be governed by and
interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington and the City of
Renton. Consultant and all of the Consultant’s employees shall perform the Work in
accordance with all applicable federal, state, county and city laws, codes and
ordinances and as set forth in Exhibit C of this agreement.
F. Joint Drafting Effort. This Agreement shall be considered for all purposes as prepared
by the joint efforts of the Parties and shall not be construed against one party or the
other as a result of the preparation, substitution, submission or other event of
negotiation, drafting or execution.
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G. Jurisdiction and Venue. Any lawsuit or legal action brought by any party to enforce or
interpret this Agreement or any of its terms or covenants shall be brought in the King
County Superior Court for the State of Washington at the Maleng Regional Justice
Center in Kent, King County, Washington, or its replacement or successor. Consultant
hereby expressly consents to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction and venue of
such court even if Consultant is a foreign corporation not registered with the State of
Washington.
H. Severability. A court of competent jurisdiction’s determination that any provision or
part of this Agreement is illegal or unenforceable shall not cancel or invalidate the
remainder of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.
I. Sole and Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the
Parties and any representations or understandings, whether oral or written, not
incorporated are excluded.
J. Time is of the Essence. Time is of the essence of this Agreement and each and all of
its provisions in which performance is a factor. Adherence to completion dates set
forth in the description of the Work is essential to the Consultant’s performance of
this Agreement.
K. Third-Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to, nor shall be
construed to give any rights or benefits in the Agreement to anyone other than the
Parties, and all duties and responsibilities undertaken pursuant to this Agreement will
be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Parties and no one else.
L. Binding Effect. The Parties each bind themselves, their partners, successors, assigns,
and legal representatives to the other party to this Agreement, and to the partners,
successors, assigns, and legal representatives of such other party with respect to all
covenants of the Agreement.
M. Waivers. All waivers shall be in writing and signed by the waiving party. Either party’s
failure to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not be a waiver and shall not
prevent either the City or Consultant from enforcing that provision or any other
provision of this Agreement in the future. Waiver of breach of any provision of this
Agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any prior or subsequent breach
unless it is expressly waived in writing.
N. Counterparts. The Parties may execute this Agreement in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, and all of which will together
constitute this one Agreement. This Agreement shall not be binding and the
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Consultant shall not be obligated to perform the Services under Exhibit A until this
Agreement has been fully executed by authorized representatives of both parties.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have voluntarily entered into this Agreement as of the date
last signed by the Parties below.
CITY OF RENTON
By:_____________________________
SIRIUS COMPUTER SOLUTIONS, INC.,
CONSULTANT
By:____________________________
Armondo Pavone
Mayor
_____________________________
Date
_____________________________
Date
: SOW-017746
Attest
_____________________________
Jason A. Seth
City Clerk
Approved as to Legal Form
By: __________________________
Cheryl L. Beyer
Senior Assistant City Attorney
1/26/22 clb (1772)
(approved via email from Cheryl Beyer)
2/1/2022
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CITY OF RENTON, STATE OF WASHINGTON
Disaster Recovery Assessment
This Statement of Work (SOW) is made by and between Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc., (Sirius) and CITY
OF RENTON, STATE OF WASHINGTON (Customer) for the provision of certain professional services as
more fully described herein, (Services). In consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained
herein, the parties agree as follows:
ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA
This SOW will be deemed complete when the Deliverables within Exhibit B have been completed and
accepted by Customer.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Sirius Responsibilities
1. Staff this effort with appropriately skilled individuals to perform the Services.
2. Provide necessary support to ensure accurate and timely billing of Services per the contract.
3. Promptly notify Customer of any unsafe condition about which Sirius has knowledge.
Customer Responsibilities
1. Where appropriate, knowledgeable resources will be made available for functional questions and
making business decisions. It is also expected that Customer staff will participate throughout the
implementation.
2. Back-up all data, software, operating systems, software configurations and networking configurations
in preparation for and during the performance of the Services. Sirius shall not be liable for any lost,
damaged or corrupted data.
3. Have the appropriate software and hardware available at the beginning of the project and ensure that
the necessary hardware environment (operating system, network, ports) is configured appropriately
and is stable.
4. Customer will be responsible for data migration unless specified in the scope of services.
5. Prior to Sirius Consultant coming on-site for services, provide resource contact information; names,
phone numbers, email addresses and location.
6. Provide Sirius with known scheduled outages, resource unavailability and project specific information
for the development of a cohesive project schedule.
7. Provide Sirius with access to Customer’s facilities and appropriate resources as reasonably necessary
for Sirius to fulfill its obligations hereunder, including but not limited to: an adequate work area, network
access (including Internet access), telephones, terminal, access to PC-based printer, remote access
to systems (if applicable).
8. Promptly notify Sirius of any unsafe condition about which Customer has knowledge and to which Sirius
resources could be exposed.
9. Promptly notify Sirius of any accidents or injuries involving Sirius employees or subcontractors assigned
to Customer.
10. Promptly inspect and accept Services and/or Deliverables upon completion by Sirius.
DELIVERABLES
This SOW will produce the Deliverables outlined in Exhibit A. All estimates and/or costs associated with
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this SOW are based solely upon the Deliverables outlined in Exhibit A. In the event any additional
requirements are requested by Customer, the parties will mutually execute a change request to this SOW
to address these additional requirements.
Tasks, deliverables and responsibilities not explicitly addressed within this SOW are beyond its scope and
can only be provided pursuant to the change process described herein or pursuant to a separate SOW as
mutually agreed to by both parties. Unless defined in Exhibit A, this SOW does not obligate Sirius to modify
or remediate Deliverables or provide maintenance or support services for Deliverables in any manner
following Customer's acceptance without an appropriate, corresponding SOW. If applicable, a separate
maintenance or support services SOW may be established to provide maintenance or support services to
Customer.
ASSUMPTIONS
Sirius has created this SOW under the following assumptions. If one or more of these assumptions proves
to be invalid, costs and other project factors may be impacted.
1. Unless otherwise agreed, Sirius reserves the right to subcontract any or all portions of the Services
contemplated pre-approved by Customer.
2. Performance of the Services defined by this SOW are not subject to any provisions of the laws, acts,
or regulations listed below and shall not require Sirius to create, receive, use, disclose, or in any way
take control or possession of any information identified in such laws, acts or regulations:
a. Personal Information as defined by 201 Code of Massachusetts Regulation 17.00 (or any
similarly defined information under an applicable state law);
b. Nonpublic Personal Information as defined by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act;
c. Personally Identifiable Information as defined by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act;
d. Cardholder Data as defined by Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards; or
e. Protected Health Information, Electronic Protected Health Information, or Individually
Identifiable Health Information as defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.
3. Sirius may deliver services at Customer location or a remote location.
4. If knowledge transfer is listed as a deliverable, it should be noted that such knowledge transfer is not a
replacement for classroom training but is intended to help the Customer gain a working knowledge of
implementation details specific to their environment. Customer should consider attending training
provided by the manufacturer.
5. This SOW will be scheduled around local resource availability. If, due to Customer’s schedule, a local
resource cannot be used, Customer will be charged for reasonable out-of-pocket travel and living
expenses, and a Change Request for this SOW will be submitted to Customer for their
acknowledgment.
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SCHEDULE
Sirius and Customer will determine a schedule for work to be performed once execution of this SOW occurs.
This schedule will include expected response times for both Sirius and the Customer to review and
complete tasks. Sirius will use commercially reasonable efforts to timely complete the Services in
accordance with the agreed upon schedule. Sirius will not be liable for any delays in performance related
to Customer’s failure to perform its obligations under this SOW or Customer’s failure to make any facilities
or equipment necessary for performance available to Sirius. In the event any delays in performance result
in additional charges under this SOW, said charges will be agreed upon in a Change Request using the
process detailed below.
Service Cost
The Services will be provided for a fixed price of $39,226.00. Upon completion of each milestone, Sirius
will invoice pursuant to the payment schedule set forth below.
Task / Milestone Name Invoice Amount
Kickoff $920.00
Information Gathering $6,685.00
Workshop $5,480.00
Analysis $10,550.00
Deliverable Creation and Review $2,650.00
Executive presentation $695.00
Deliverable Creation and Review $1,030.00
Facility Infrastructure Feasibility (Fire Station) $11,216.00
Total $39,226.00
Travel Costs
Customer will be charged for reasonable and actual out-of-pocket travel and living expenses. Upon request,
Sirius will provide receipts for individual line item expenses valued at $35.00 or greater.
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SERVICES COORDINATION
Customer designates the following authorized representative assigned to serve as the primary point of
contact for communication, issue escalation, contract administration, project scope change administration,
and acceptance of Deliverables and/or Services as set forth herein.
Customer’s Authorized Representative Email Address
BRETT TIETJEN btiejen@rentonwa.gov
SITE OF PERFORMANCE
Performance of the Services may be at the following Customer location(s) or may be performed from a
remote location on the system located at the address listed below:
Bill To:
CITY OF RENTON, STATE OF WASHINGTON 1055 S GRADY WAY RENTON, WA, 98057-3232
Service Locations:
CITY OF RENTON, STATE OF WASHINGTON 1055 S GRADY WAY RENTON, WA 98057-3232
ACCEPTANCE
Upon completion of the Services, Sirius will submit a Completion Document. Customer will return the
Completion Document in accordance with its instructions within fourteen (14) business days from the date
of receipt thereof. If Customer reasonably believes that Sirius failed to substantially complete the Services
in accordance with this SOW, Customer will notify Sirius in writing of its reasons for rejection of the Services
or any portion thereof within fourteen 14) business days from Customer’s receipt of the Completion
Document. If Sirius does not receive the signed Completion Document or written notification of the reasons
for rejection within fourteen (14) business days of Customer’s receipt thereof, the absence of Customer’s
response will constitute Customer’s acceptance of the Services and a waiver of any right of rejection.
CHANGE REQUESTS
From time to time Customer may request, or Sirius may propose, that Sirius implement a change to the
Services reflected in this SOW including, without limitation, (a) a change to the scope of Services, or (b) a
change in the prioritization or manner in which Sirius is performing the Services (each, a “Change”). In the
event of the occurrence of a mutually agreed Change, Sirius shall prepare and provide to Customer a
proposed change order. Sirius shall include in the proposed change order the effect, if any, the Change
will have on Sirius’ schedule of delivery of the Services, and if there will be any effect on the estimated cost
or other Customer payments. Sirius shall not be responsible or liable for any delays, costs or damages
resulting from Customer’s rejection of, or delay in approving, a proposed change order relating to a Change.
In the event the authorized representative of Customer requests that Sirius perform work without a mutually
agreed upon change order, Customer shall compensate Sirius for the additional fees and expenses incurred
by Sirius related thereto. In the event the Customer desires to retain Sirius for additional services outside
the scope of the Services to be provided hereunder, Customer and Sirius agrees to execute and deliver
such additional statements of work to evidence the additional services to be provided by Sirius.
.
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ACCEPTANCE & AUTHORIZATION
Exhibit B
SUMMARY Of SCOPE of WORK
Sirius proposes to work with the City of Renton to develop a high level future state disaster recovery
architecture with an estimated budget. Two disaster recovery scenarios will be considered; 1) a physical
disaster recovery event requiring failover to the disaster recovery site and 2) a malware event, and two
future state site options will be considered; 1) City of Renton site or 2) colocation facility.
The deliverables from the engagement will be a high level review of the incident declarion scenarios, a
high level future state architecture, a high level estimated budget, and pros, cons, and risks.
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SCOPE OF SERVICES
The following work will be executed in partnership with the City of Renton to perform the engagement.
Phase Milestone(s) Summarized Activities
1 Overall Project
Kickoff
• Project Scope, Roles and Responsibilities Definition, and
Communication Plan
• Project Kickoff (Weekly Status Report, Monthly Exec Updates,
Milestone Plan)
• Resource Identification and Introduction
• Review Approach, Phases, Milestones, Activities, and Timelines
• Schedule engagement mid-term executive checkpoint
• Review Personnel Impact and Availability for All Activities
• Refine Engagement Plan and Deliverables
2 Information
Gathering
• Request Current State documentation from City of Renton
• Review Current State documentation and prepare for workshop
3 Workshop • See Workshop agenda below
4 Analysis
• Analyze data gathered from workshop
• Follow up with any questions or requests for clarification
• Assess feasibility of utilizing current fire station for
5 Deliverable Creation
and Review
• High level review of the incident declaration scenarios
• High level future state architecture
• High level roadmap
• High level estimated budget
• Pros, cons, and risks
• Executive presentation
6 Executive
Presentation
• Present results to City of Renton
Workshop Agenda
Session Title Duration Areas of Focus
1 Kickoff and Introductions 30 Minutes Discuss purpose of workshop, agenda of sessions, and introductions.
2 High-Level Current State
Applications, Recovery Tiers,
and Business Objectives Review
2 Hours Review business / IT objectives and goals. Review and validate the
current state of the backup and recovery including service hierarchy
and tiers, components, dependencies, recovery metrics, and business
impacts.
3 High-Level Current State
Architecture Review
2 Hours Review and validate the current state of the architecture and
associated infrastructure which hosts and delivers both the production
and recovery environments. Identify potential areas of focus and
potential challenges. Evaluate the completeness of the data as
necessary for future tasks.
• Review of current data protection strategies, backups, and retention
• Review of current RPO’s and RTO’s
• Identity gaps in RPO and RTO
• Review 3-2-1-1-0 golden backup rule
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Session Title Duration Areas of Focus
4 High-Level Future State
Requirements, Objectives, and
Success Criteria
2 Hours Review and formalize the future state requirements, objectives, and
success criteria for recovery and validation of the in-scope application
ecosystem.
• Physical Loss of Primary Datacenter or Systems
• Logical Event (i.e. Ransomware)
• Review security controls aligned to NIST SP 1800-25B
• Review recovery readiness to ensure protection is in line with
business needs
and ransomware protection including air gap and alerting features
5 High-Level Future State Design
Options, Standards, and
Technologies
2 Hours Discuss the potential architecture options, standards, and technologies
that can be utilized vs. different end states, platforms, and component
types to best meet requirements around recovery of the in-scope
application ecosystem.
• Physical Loss of Primary Datacenter or Systems
• Logical Event (i.e. Ransomware)
• Data Backup and Recovery Strategies
6 High-Level Future State
Adoption
2 Hours Discuss the various methods of transforming the in-scope application
ecosystem into different target state architecture options for resiliency
and recovery. Discuss the potential roadmap of activities and
milestones as needed to adopt the potential future state solutions.
Discuss the potential roadmap timeline and key objectives.
• Rough cost estimate (implantation and ongoing maintenance)
7 High-Level Wrap Up and Next
Steps
30 Minutes Wrap up and discussion of follow up and next steps.
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RESPONSIBILITIES AND RESOURCES
Sirius Resources
Role Description
Principal Consultant
Lead
Overall leader of the Workshop and Engagement Results
Provides leadership and oversight for the totality of the project, owns
the overall deliverables and quality of Sirius services
Provides intellectual experience and capital necessary for executing
the overall engagement and assists with deliverable creation
Acts as Executive escalation point for all delivery issues
Enterprise Architect Provides engineering skills for compute, storage, and network
strategy
Ensures agnostic technology and solution evaluation based on
requirements and selection criteria
Understands the interconnection of solution elements
Ensures all application, infrastructure, platform, and technology SMEs
are working toward a collective vision that will address all
requirements and achieve the engagement goals
Cybersecurity Architect Provides engineering skills for the logical disaster scenario such as a
malware event
Facilities Engineer Performs high level review of the feasibility for using the current fire
station as the DR site
City of Renton Resources
Role Description
Executive Sponsor Executive within City of Renton championing initiative
Functional
Engagement Leader
Serves as the overall engagement leader for City of Renton and
Single Point of Contact for the Sirius team
Works closely with the Sirius Principal IT Consultant lead and Sirius
team to plan and coordinate the overall execution of the engagement
City of Renton DR,
Application,
Infrastructure, and
Command and Control
Resources
A limited number of City of Renton application, infrastructure, and
Command and Control resources knowledgeable in their areas of
responsibility for Incident Preparedness
Other City of Renton
SMEs
Other City of Renton resource SMEs identified as necessary during
the engagement who are knowledgeable about the Current and
Future States and can answer questions brought forth by Sirius and
participate in workshop sessions
DELIVERABLES
This SOW will produce the following specific deliverables and/or objectives (“Deliverables”). Costs
contained in this SOW were created based on these Deliverables and objectives only. Tasks, deliverables,
and responsibilities not explicitly addressed within this SOW are beyond its scope and can only be provided
pursuant to the change process described herein or pursuant to a separate SOW as mutually agreed to by
both parties. Except as explicitly set forth in this SOW, Sirius shall have no obligation to provide
maintenance or support services for Deliverables or to modify or remediate Deliverables in any manner
following Customer's acceptance thereof.
Deliverables are in Microsoft Word or Excel or Visio mediums. See above Scope of Services phase 5.
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ADDITIONAL ASSUMPTIONS
1. Sirius assumes that City of Renton will provide to Sirius its Current State documentation related to its
Disaster Recovery program inclusive of goals, objectives, processes, procedures, and technology
related to Command and control, applications systems, infrastructure, and operations at least 1 week
in advance of the Workshop Kickoff. Sirius will provide a documentation request list.
2. Sirius presumes that City of Renton subject Matter Experts (SMEs) for applications and IT systems will
be available to support the workshop sessions.
3. Sirius will perform all work remotely from City of Renton.
ESTIMATED SCHEDULE
Sirius will work with City of Renton to develop feasible target dates for the workshop sessions above. If
delivered virtually, the order or precedence of the sessions should be maintained however they may be
spaced out across several days, as necessary.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Sirius
1. If applicable, document each task necessary to complete the Services and send a final report to
Customer when such tasks are completed.
Customer
1. Assign the Personnel stated in the Personnel section to (a) perform the Activities stated
therein, as well as (b) assist Sirius (as needed) to create the Deliverables as stated in the
Deliverables section.
2. Review the interim versions of the Deliverable prior to its formal submission by Sirius.
3. State its final acceptance of the Deliverable within five days of Deliverable submission. If final
acceptance is not stated within such period, it will be deemed given.
4. Provide a part-time, day-to-day project/facilities manager/coordinator to assist in gaining
access to the right people, areas, and information by facilitating interview schedules and the
gathering of required information and data.
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Attached separately.