COMMISSION 
AGENDA MEMORANDUM                        Item No.          6g 
ACTION ITEM                            Date of Meeting       April 14, 2020 
DATE:     April 3, 2020 
TO:        Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director 
FROM:    Katie Gerard, Senior Director, Human Resources 
SUBJECT:  Learning Management System Contract Authorization (Short Form) 
Amount of this contract:                $840,000 
ACTION REQUESTED 
Request Commission authorization for the Executive Director to execute a contract for a Portwide
Learning Management System. The contract will be executed for up to a ten-year period
and an estimated value of $840,000. 
SUMMARY 
Port of Seattle employees use a Learning Management System (LMS) to track, manage,
automate, and measure various forms of learning and compliance training. Our current system,
implemented in 2009, has had a positive impact on employee professional development and
provided a vehicle for ensuring critical training on security, safety, and code of conduct topics. 
This contract, procured through a competitive process, will include new developments in
learning management technology to better cater to specific learning needs. The new system
will be able to support active engagement and provide robust administration and reporting
capabilities. While the contract is for a ten-year period, it will be negotiated to contain an exit
option should business or product strategies change over the course of the contract term. The
current contract, which has already been extended once, expires in March 2021. 
No funds are authorized as part of this request. Annual costs will be budgeted in the Human
Resources Operating Budget. A small capital project has been approved for implementation of
the new system. 
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