Contract expired, bills remained: Atlanta panel backs up to $159,464 for software

The software contract expired. The services continued. Now Atlanta’s Transportation Committee is recommending that the city authorize up to $159,464.29 to settle outstanding e-Builder invoices.⁠[1]

The panel voted 5–0 on Oct. 14 to recommend ordinance 26-O-1558 as amended, according to draft minutes. Full Council consideration is listed as pending for Oct. 19 at 1 p.m.; the committee vote is not final authorization to pay.⁠[1]

The proposed ordinance says the final renewal of construction-project-management software contract FC-9878 ran through May 30, 2025, and e-Builder continued providing services after it expired. The measure would retroactively ratify services and approved unpaid invoices under that agreement.⁠[1]

But paying the old bills would not restart the old deal. The text expressly rules out extending, renewing or reactivating FC-9878, or authorizing future services beyond work already performed and invoiced.⁠[1]

The amended proposal points to a separate arrangement for ongoing service: it cites an Oct. 5 Council ordinance adding the Atlanta Department of Transportation as a user of another e-Builder agreement.⁠[1]

The payment proposal lists TSPLOST II capital-project funding and a Safety and Mobility account in the Capital Finance Fund as sources. It does not divide the requested amount between them.⁠[1]

The five-page ordinance does not itemize the outstanding invoices, identify their service dates or explain why service continued after expiration. Those details remain unresolved; the record establishes a recommended payment ceiling, not that the money has been paid.⁠[1]