Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance and Management on behalf of the Department of Technology (DoT) to establish a purchase order for the acquisition of hardware equipment and support services associated with the network upgrade project. This purchase order will be created utilizing the terms and conditions from a pre-existing Purchase Agreement/ Universal Term Contracts (PAs/UTCs), established through the competitive bid process by the Purchasing Office, with the following vendor:
Network Dynamics Inc., Network Hardware/Maintenance, / (PA000220/FL005447- Expiration Date: 6/30/17) for a total cost of $117,633.84.
The Department of Technology's Metronet Services provides data connectivity that supports various business functions and allows all city agencies and departments to communicate. Currently, the Department of Technology has a need to upgrade the network at police substations. Internal networks at the targeted locations are regulated to 100mbps per the current equipment. In order to take advantage of the 1000Mbps connection via City fiber, the equipment needs to be upgraded to provide a more responsive user experience. Upgrading the targeted facilities would improve the uploading and downloading capabilities thus reducing staff wait times for uploading needed data for investigations. Training, video surveillance, and other multimedia-based software and elements would also be greatly improved with the improvements to the base infrastructure. This upgrade is necessary to provide the City with the ability to conduct business more efficiently.
EMERGENCY:
Emergency action is requested to ensure that the necessary purchase order for equipment and services are established in a timely manner and this network upgrade starts as soon as possible to meet the expected timeline for completion.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this network upgrade project has been identified and is available within the Departme...
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