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BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Office of the City Auditor, Division of Income Tax (herein referred to as “Division”) to increase funding to and extend the existing contract (ED052106) with Continental Broadband Pennsylvania, LLC DBA Expedient Data Centers (herein referred to as “Expedient”) for managed virtualization, managed backups, shared managed firewall, colocation and data center connectivity services for the Division’s E-file application.
Item No. 8.1 of the original contract ED049903 Master Services Agreement through December 22, 2014 provides for the option to renew for three (3) one (1) year periods. At this time, the Division is exercising its option to renew for the second of the three renewal periods of the contract. Expedient’s contract compliance number 262850324-001 expires on 1-14-2017.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation authorizes an increase of $16,886.50, for total expenditures of $50,659.50. Funding for these expenditures is budgeted within the Division’s 2015 operating budget.
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To authorize the Office of the City Auditor, Division of Income Tax, to modify an existing contract with Expedient Data Centers for the Division’s E-file application; to authorize an expenditure of $16,886.50 from the Division of Income Tax’s Operating Fund. ($16,886.50)
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WHEREAS, the Division of Income Tax has a need to modify the contract with Expedient Data Centers for managed virtualization, managed backups, shared managed firewall, colocation and data center connectivity services for the Division’s E-file application; and
WHEREAS, Expedient Data Centers currently hosts the Division of Income Tax’s E-file application; and
WHEREAS, the Division of Income Tax’s E-file application facilitates greater convenience for taxpayer filing; and
WHEREAS, the Division of Income Tax’s E-file application promotes faster processing of tax returns and related payments for individuals; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF...
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