PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA                   Item No.        5b 
Date of Meeting     December 7, 2010 
DATE:      November 15, 2010 
TO:       Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:     Stan Shepherd, Manager, Airport Noise Programs 
Kim Albert, Senior Manger ICT Business Services 
SUBJECT:  Contract for Airport Noise Monitoring System Maintenance 
FIVE YEAR AMOUNT: $1,100,000     SOURCE OF FUNDS: ICT Expense
Budget, 100% Airport Development Fund 
SALES TAX: $95,000 
ACTION REQUESTED: 
Authorization for the Chief Executive Officer to execute appropriate contract documents
to continue receiving software and hardware maintenance services for the Noise
Programs flight tracking and noise monitoring system for annual payments of $189,000
plus inflation and sales tax for up to five (5) years for total payments of $1,100,000. 
SYNOPSIS: 
Bruel and Kjaer (B&K) is the current and proprietary provider of flight tracking and
noise monitoring services to the Port of Seattle. B&K recently acquired the Lochard
Corporation which originally provided the Port's flight tracking and noise monitoring
system. We are requesting authorization for a replacement maintenance contract that is an
extension and update to our existing Lochard maintenance contract that is soon to expire.
On November 18, 2010, the Port of Seattle approved an exemption from competition,
waiver # 2010  047, and notified the Commission of this waiver, for this replacement
contract. 
BACKGROUND: 
Through a competitive bid process in 1999, the Port of Seattle chose the Lochard
Corporation to install and maintain a state-of-the-art flight tracking and noise monitoring
system at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. This system replaced a very old flight
tracking program and upgraded the noise monitoring system from 11 monitors to 25. 
Currently this flight tracking and noise monitoring system is the fundamental equipment
needed to monitor and maintain data for both aircraft operations and associated noise

COMMISSION AGENDA 
Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
November 15, 2010 
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statistics. The hardware and software has been updated and expanded in the years since
1999; the replacement contract reflects this. 
The current Part 150 Update will once again evaluate the Port's noise monitoring and
flight tracking system to make sure that it meets the needs of the noise programs and
current industry technology. If the Part 150 study suggests an upgrade to this system,
then any acquisition of hardware and software could become 80% Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) grant eligible provided it is approved by the FAA. If appropriate,
the Port will procure a new system through a competitive process after the Part 150
Update is complete. 
This replacement B&K contract is for five (5) years with the Port option to cancel at any
time with 90 days written notice. Since this system is proprietary, there are no o ther
vendors that can provide the support needed to maintain this critical system. 
On November 18, 2010, the Port of Seattle approved an exemption from competition,
waiver # 2010  047, and notified the Commission of this waiver. 
SOURCE OF FUNDS: 
Contract payments for 2010 are already included in the ICT expense budget. The costs
are directly charged to Aviation so the funding source is the Airport Development Fund. 
Payments for future years will be included in future ICT annual expense budgets. 
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTION: 
There has been no previous Commission action related to this maintenance contract.