Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Department of Technology (DoT), to establish a purchase order from an existing Universal Term Contract (UTC FL005254, BPO BPCMP46B) with OnX USA LLC, which expires June 30, 2015. The purchase order will provide for new HP servers and related peripherals (item B on the UTC) to expand the virtual server platform and replace aging equipment purchased in 2008. The UTC provides the City with a minimum 11% discount off the list price of this type of HP equipment, and OnX is providing this equipment at a 26% discount. The total cost of this equipment purchase is $374,005.75, discounted by $131,796.25 from the list price of $505,802.00.
This legislation will also authorize the Director of Finance and Management, on behalf of the DoT, to establish a purchase order from an existing UTC (FL005296, BPO BPCMP45B) with AdvizeX Technologies, which expires June 30, 2015. The purchase order will provide for new data storage equipment to expand and replace aging equipment in the storage area network (SAN). The UTC provides the City with a minimum 27% discount off of EMC list prices for VNX equipment and related peripherals (item B in the UTC), 52% off of list for EMC switches (item C), 15% off of standard pricing for professional services (item F), 15% off for hardware maintenance (item G) and 44% off of EMC list prices for software maintenance (items H1 and H2). AdvizeX is offering the VNX equipment at a 45% discount, switches at 52%, professional services at 17%, hardware maintenance at 15%, and software maintenance at 45%. The total cost of the equipment and services is $438,531.00, discounted by $333,214.00 over the list price of $771,745.00.
Finally, this legislation will authorize the Director of Finance and Management, on behalf of the DoT, to establish a purchase order from an existing UTC (FL005447, BPO BPCMP30H) with Network Dynamics Inc., which expi...
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