Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Department of Technology (DoT) to establish a purchase order with CDW Government LLC (CDW-G LLC) for SolarWinds software licenses. These licenses are central to trouble-shooting complex network issues and anomalies. With these licenses, DoT can monitor and assess network device availability, bandwidth utilization, software upgrades and traffic analysis, among other functionalities.
This procurement is being done via CDW-G’s State of Ohio’s State Term Schedule 534605. DoT obtained four (4) quotes through this schedule. CDW-G, LLC submitted the lowest quote. The other quotes that were submitted are as follows:
Intellitech Systems Inc $91,061.85
Western Reserve Technology $91,504.30
Liona Enterprises $91,547.16
The purchase order that will result from the ordinance will be for one year, beginning on the date of a confirmed purchase order by the City Auditor’s Office and will total $89,776.23.
This ordinance also authorizes the expenditure of $89,776.23 for the above-described purpose.
FISCAL IMPACT
Funds for this purchase are budgeted and available within the Department of Technology, Information Services Division, Information Services Operating Fund.
EMERGENCY
Emergency designation is being requested for this purchase to ensure there are no service interruptions and to ensure there is a purchase order in place prior to the end of the fiscal year.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
Vendor: CDW Government; Vendor no.: 007352
Expires: 3-10-2024
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Department of Technology to enter into contract with CDW Government LLC, Inc. for SolarWinds software licenses via State Term Schedule 534605; to authorize the expenditure of $89,776.23 from the Information Services Operating Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($89,776.23)
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WHEREAS, SolarWinds software licenses are ...
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