From
Keshnel Penny, Chief Information Officer
Title
Purchase of one Dell/EMC Unity300 Storage Area Network (SAN) for the Public Safety Building Datacenter virtual computing environment in the total amount of $96,226.51 from Netsync Network Solutions through the national inter-local agreements with DIR
Presenter
Keshnel Penny, Chief Information Officer
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
The Purchase of this Dell/EMC Unity 300 SAN is to facilitate the need for increased data storage, data performance, and reliability of Public Safety system for the Police and Fire Departments. This upgraded storage SAN is necessary to maintain a high level of reliability, integrity, and availability of the Public Safety computing systems. All of the mission critical Public Safety system such as the Computer Aided Dispatch, Record Management Systems, and many more will benefit from this new Dell/EMC Unity 300 SAN. The current Dell/EMC EqualLogic SAN is scheduled for End-Of-Life by the vendor in the beginning 2020.
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
DIR-TSO-2634 dated February 4, 2015 was set to expire Sept 10, 2016 but has since been ...
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