Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Department of Technology to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with Purchase Agreement (PA/UTC) PA005936 with CDW Government, LLC for the purchase of SolarWinds software products, in the amount of $110,100.47. This purchase will allow DoT to continue to modernize, upgrade, and enhance our network monitoring solution.
This purchase of SolarWinds software products includes the following but is not limited to: network device availability, bandwidth utilization, software upgrades and traffic analysis. SolarWinds gives our infrastructure team the enterprise tools needed to perform in-depth analysis and maintain support of critical systems. Without this purchase of the SolarWinds software, the network infrastructure team lacks the proper enterprise tools needed to troubleshoot complex network issues and anomalies. The purchase of SolarWinds was originally authorized by Ordinance No. 3190-2022, which authorized a Universal Term Contract for the purchase of the software, with an expiration date of June 30, 2025.
The term of this software coverage is one year, beginning on November 18, 2024 and ending on November 17, 2025 at a total cost of $110,100.47.
FISCAL IMPACT
Funds, in the amount of $110,100.47 for this expenditure are budgeted and available within the Department of Technology, Information Services Division, Information Services Operating Fund.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
Vendor Name: CDW Government, LLC; CC/Vendor #: 034427; Expiration Date: 1/03/2025
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management, on behalf of Department of Technology, to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with Purchase Agreement PA005936 with CDW Government, LLC for the purchase of SolarWinds software products; and to authorize the expenditure of $110,100.47 from the Department of Technology, ...
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