City of Columbus - File #: 1286-2006

• File #: 1286-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/3/2006
• In control: Administration Committee
• On agenda: 7/24/2006
• Final action: 7/26/2006
• Title: To authorize the Director of Finance and Management Department on behalf of The Department of Technology to enter into contracts with Insight Public Sector, Pomeroy, Echo24, Smart Solution, and CDW-G for the acquisition of equipment and professional services related to phase three of the Metronet infrastructure upgrade project; to authorize the expenditure of $490,000.00 from the Department of Technology, information services capital improvement fund; and to declare an emergency ($490,000.00).

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/26/2006	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
7/25/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
7/24/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
7/24/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
7/12/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/12/2006	1	Technology Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/12/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/12/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/12/2006	1	Technology Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/12/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
7/12/2006	1	Technology Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
7/11/2006	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/11/2006	1	Technology Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/11/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/10/2006	1	TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/10/2006	1	Technology Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/10/2006	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Sent for Approval
7/5/2006	1	Technology Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

BACKGROUND:
This ordinance will allow the Department of Technology (DoT) to begin phase III of the metronet replacement project. The metronet provides data connectivity that allows all city agencies and departments to communicate and support other business functions. The metronet project has completed two phases. Phase I of this project was authorized by ordinance #1246-2004, with a passage date of July 12, 2004. This phase consisted of replacing the core network infrastructure, which consists of nine major city facilities including the City's enterprise data center; replacement of wires and major network equipment, which provide data transport for applications such as Performance, e-mails, WASIMS, income tax, and internet access; among others. Phase II consisted of replacement of equipment and hardware utilized to prevent outages among other related functions.

Now, DoT has a need to begin phase III. Phase three will consist of continuing the effort to replace network equipment at remote locations citywide. The work performed in phase three will prevent lengthy outages that can affect entire floors within city facilities as well as complete network outages for smaller remote locations. In order to begin phase III, DoT through the Purchasing Department completed a bid process, in compliance with Section 329 (purchasing did SA002001JY, opened May 25, 2006, for hardware components) and plans to utilize established Universal Term Contracts (UTC): Insight Public Sector will be supplying professional services via the Network Services UTC contract with the City of Columbus; Pomeroy will be supplying hardware/equipment maintenance via Cisco UTC contract with the City of Columbus; Echo24 will be providing wiring services via the Network Services UTC contract with the City of Columbus; Smart Solutions will provide hardware/maintenance from the Technical Services server UTC contract with the City of Columbus; Pomeroy, Inc was selected using a ...