Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Department of Technology, to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Purchase Agreement for the procurement of Cisco Voice licensing and WebEx subscriptions.
Cisco has been established as a citywide standard for our VoIP environment. Cisco is best known for its VoIP phones and networking equipment worldwide. The City migrated to Cisco VoIP telephone solution with the goal of dramatically saving on increasing costs related to aged telephone services provisioned by the traditional carriers over the copper wire. Cisco phones have been widely deployed throughout the City, and continued efforts remain in place to depreciate existing aged phones, and/or phone systems.
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 LLC: PA005605, Upgrade Network & VoIP Communications
CDW Government LLC 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.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE:
Vendor: CDW Government LLC #034427.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding in the amount of $499,262.16, the amount of the aforementioned contract, is budgeted and available in the Department of Technology, Information Services Division Operating Fund, Fund 5100.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Department of Technology, to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Purchase Agreement (CDW Government, LLC) for the procurement of Cisco Voice licensing and WebEx subscriptions; and to authorize the expenditure of $499,262.16. ($499,262.16)
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