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AUTHORIZATION TO AMEND CONTRACT C-8820 WITH INSIGHT PUBLIC SECTOR, INC.
Staff Contact: Tom Duensing, Director, Finance and Technology
Purpose and Recommended Action
This is a request for City Council to approve Contract Amendment No. 1 (C-8820-1) with Insight Public Sector Inc., and to approve expenditure authority in the amount of $203,000 for the remainder of FY 14-15, and $340,000 per year for the remaining two years of the agreement for a total contract amount of $883,000.
On 02/25/2014, Council approved the Linking Agreement with Insight (C-8820) and expenditure authority of $137,000 for replacing City infrastructure. An additional $203,000 is being requested ($340,000 total for this FY) to purchase software, annual support and maintenance for infrastructure software and equipment, technical support, and hardware purchases. The approval of this amendment will extend the Insight agreement from 06/30/2015 to 07/01/2017.
Background
Maintaining City infrastructure is crucial to all City functions and services. Insight Public Sector, Inc. is a provider of technology software, hardware, software maintenance, support and technical services, and provides the City best pricing through Cooperative purchasing.
This fiscal year 93% of existing network equipment, with an original cost of $790,000, is past due for replacement. This is due to the reduced replacement fund budget from 2007 thru 2013. Network equipment represents the technology equivalent of a nervous system as it communicates all data and information throughout the City. Components in this category include firewalls, routers and network switches.
C-8820 is a contract that deals specifically with CISCO networking hardware and services. The City's network infrastructure is predominantly CISCO, therefore this contract is used to obtain networking products essential to support City operations.
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