Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Technology to enter into a contract with SHI International Corporation, for the purchase of hardware, software and services necessary to implement the Tripwire Enterprise solution, at a cost of $74,584.35. The Tripwire Enterprise solution will provide the City with the ability to automate best practice security controls required for compliance to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), IRS Publication 1075 and other data security regulations. These capabilities include the deployment of industry-standard secure configurations on critical Oracle and MS SQL databases, Linux operating systems and Cisco network devices, auditing of device configurations over time to detect and correct insecure configurations, and the integrity monitoring necessary to detect unauthorized changes to the devices. The coverage term period for this agreement is from January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016.
The Department of Technology procured this service through the relevant sections of Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Codes, pursuant to solicitation SA006058. Two (2) responses to this solicitation were received by the bid opening date of Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 11:00am. SHI International Corp. was deemed the lowest responsive and responsible and best bidder.
This ordinance will also authorize the Director of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Department of Technology (DoT), to establish a purchase order for HP equipment from an existing Universal Term Contract (UTC FL006269, BPO BPCMP46C) with OnX USA LLC, which expires June 30, 2017. The cost of this equipment is $20,200.00. We are purchasing the hardware to provide infrastructure capacity, including DR, necessary for security tools including Tripwire. We are purchasing more capacity than is required for Tripwire because we plan to use it for other security systems as well. We worked with the server team to ensur...
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