From
Keshnel Penny, Director of Information Technology
Title
Purchase of two blade servers, VMware licenses, and Windows server licenses for the City Hall and Public Safety Building from Netsync Network Solutions ($10,575.81), Dell ($45,948.53), and SHI ($17,855.64) through national inter-local agreements with DIR for a total of datacenter upgrades in the amount of $74,379.98
Presenter
Keshnel Penny, Director of Information Technology
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
To facilitate demand for additional server resources and enhance disaster recovery between the City’s two datacenters it is necessary to add an additional server to the existing virtual server environment at each site.
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
An additional server for the City Hall datacenter was quoted at $10,575.81 from Netsync Network Solutions on DIR contract TSO-2542 expiring May 5, 2018.
An additional server for the Public Safety Building datacenter was quoted at $11,511.72 from Dell on DIR contract SDD-1951 expiring January 10, 2018.
Additional licensing for VMware for both datacenters was quoted at $34,436.81 from Dell on DIR contr...
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