Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order for Cisco SmartNet maintenance services to support citywide metronet hardware. This purchase will be accomplished through a universal term contract (UTC) that is established with Pomeroy IT Solutions under FL004506 that expires 6/30/2012. 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). Establishing this purchase order will provide Cisco hardware maintenance support for the City's metronet for a one-year period of April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2011.
FISCAL IMPACT:
A total of $315,676.96 in 2007, $384,897.33 in 2008 and $388,628.75 in 2009 were expended for services associated with metronet hardware support, provided by Pomeroy IT Solution. Funding for this year, in the amount of $426,846.29 is available for the Cisco SmartNet services within the Department of Technology Information Services fund. The cost of $426,846.29 will be utilized for services associated with this contract with the coverage period from April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2011.
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: Pomeroy IT Solutions F.I.D#/CC#: 61-1352158 Expiration Date: 9/22/2011
Title
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order with Pomeroy IT Solutions for Cisco SmartNet hardware maintenance support services for the city's metronet infrastructure from the universal term contract established for the Departme...
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