Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management on behalf of the Department of Technology (DoT) to establish a purchase order with Network Dynamics Incorporated through the Universal Term Contract (UTC) established under FL005447 (BPCMP30H) that expires June 30, 2016 for Cisco SmartNet maintenance services to support citywide metronet hardware. Establishing this purchase order will provide Cisco hardware maintenance support for the City's metronet for a one-year term period of April 1, 2013 through March 31, 2014, at a cost of $412,919.98.
The metronet is a critical component of the computing infrastructure of the city. SmartNet supports data transfer needs for imaging applications as well as other city applications such as e-mail, WASIMS (water billing), Performance series (purchasing/procurement and accounting), payroll/personnel , VOIP, and geographic information system (GIS).
FISCAL IMPACT:
In 2011 and 2012 $472,162.29 and $530,374.17 was expended respectively for services associated with Cisco SmartNet for metronet hardware maintenance support services. Funding for this year (2013) in the amount of $412,919.98 was budgeted and is available for the Cisco SmartNet services within the Department of Technology, Information Services Division, Internal Services Fund and other fund agencies direct charge budget within DoT.
EMERGENCY:
Emergency designation is being requested for this purchase to continue with services that are necessary to support daily operation activities; to ensure no service interruption.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE NUMBER:
Vendor Name: Network Dynamics Incorporated F.I.D#/C.C#: 36 - 3941419 Expiration Date: 11/07/2014
Title
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order with Network Dynamics Incorporated for Cisco SmartNet hardware maintenance support services, for the city's metronet infrastructure, from the Universal Term ...
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