FROM: James D. Herberg, General Manager
Originator: Lorenzo Tyner, Assistant General Manager
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CORITY PLATFORM IMPLEMENTATION - MY CORITY, INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE, AND ERGONOMICS
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GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION
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RECOMMENDATION:
A. Authorize a Purchase Order to Cority Software Inc. for the implementation and annual software maintenance of myCority, Industrial Hygiene, and Ergonomics, using the approved U.S. General Services Agreement (GSA) IT Schedule 70 (M.O. 5/25/16, Item #13), for a total amount not to exceed $134,834, in accordance with Ordinance No. OCSD-52, Section 2.03(B) Cooperative Purchases; and
B. Approve a contingency in the amount of $13,483 (10%).
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BACKGROUND
The Orange County Sanitation District (Sanitation District) is seeking to enhance existing Cority software to provide a safer workplace for staff and maintain compliance with the state of California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal OSHA) regulations regarding industrial hygiene, ergonomics, auditing, and workplace reporting.
The Sanitation District currently utilizes a Microsoft Access database to manage industrial hygiene exposure data. The database is limited in its functionality and has inefficiencies with data entry. The Sanitation District is seeking to leverage Cority Software Inc. (Cority) Industrial Hygiene module to perform statistical analysis of exposure results to make better decisions regarding engineering controls and personal protective equipment, ultimately saving time and money for the Sanitation District. The Industrial Hygiene module also allows for laboratory and other survey reports to be retained in the system, notify employees of their exposure results, streamline data entry, enable multiple users to enter data simultaneously, create sampling plans, and track surveys to completion.
The Sanitation District currently uses a SharePoint site to manage office-based ergonomic evaluations. T...
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