Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Department of Technology (DoT), to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract/Purchase Agreement (UTC/PA) for the procurement of support for VxRail.
The Department of Technology uses VxRail as part of its VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) as a bundled product that covers our virtualization environment. The majority of the City’s and Police’s critical applications run on this VCF on VxRail architecture This allows DoT to stay current on software and hardware patches easily, knowing everything is compatible with one another. It significantly reduces the risk of outages that would otherwise occur with other product lines, while keeping environments updated.
The term of this contract will start December 26, 2024, and end December 31, 2025 for the amount of $198,663.23.
The following Purchase Agreement association requires approval by City Council in order for the Division to expend more than $100,000.00 in a fiscal year per City Code 329.19(g):
CDW Government: PA005936, expires 12/31/2025.
CDW Government is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
2. CONTRACTOR COMPLIANCE:
The contract compliance number for CDW Government is CC034427 and expires January 3, 2025.
3. FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding in the amount of $198,663.23 is budgeted and available in the Department of Technology’s, Information Services Division’s Operating Fund, Fund 5100.
4. EMERGENCY:
Emergency action is requested to continue the contract prior to expiration December 26, 2024. Without the support for our HCI hardware, the city is put at major risk and becomes more prone to outages in Columbus, Police, and 911/CAD. We lose the a...
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