From
Keshnel Penny, Chief Information Officer
Title
Hardware maintenance and support renewal of 2 Isilon NL410 144TB storage nodes and 1 VNX storage node for the City Hall and Public Safety Building Datacenters from Netsync Network Solutions through the national inter-local agreements with DIR in the total amount of $133,108.69
Presenter
Keshnel Penny, Chief Information Officer
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
It is essential for the City of Grand Prairie to renew the hardware support on our 2 Isilon and VNX units. These units are the storage resources for City building security cameras, server backups, emails and files, located at City Hall and Public Safety Building. To be cost efficient, we must keep the equipment under warranty. This would facilitate that the City will have support from our vendor 24/7 on software and hardware. Additionally, this enables our system to continue running without any interruption.
Chapter 271.102 of the Local Government Code authorizes local governments to participate in a cooperative purchasing program with another local government or local cooperative organization. In lieu of competitive bidding, items and services may be purchased through such agreements as the agreements have already been bid by the sponsoring entity or agency. The City of Grand Prairie has master inter-local cooperative agreements with various entities including DIR.
DIR provides statewide leadership and oversight for management of government information and communications technology. DIR has served in a leadership role to facilitate the state’s economic competitiveness through its ability to deliver quality information resources commodities and services at the lowest prices and best value for state and local government as well as the K-12 public and higher education systems.
Financial Consideration
Funding for the hardware support renewal, in the amount of $133,108.69, is available in the FY 2018/2019 General Fund, IT Budget 151010 (IT Administration) 63165 (Computer Software Maintenance)