Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Technology (DoT) to enter into a contract with Kinney Group, Inc., for the purchase of security information and event management and security operations center services at a cost of $164,405.00. The Department of Technology has a need to purchase services to support the Security Information and Event Management project. The initial phase of the project included purchase and implementation of the Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, and Splunk IT Service Intelligence system with ordinance 1425-2017. The services included in this purchase are necessary to supplement post-implementation development, management, and monitoring of the system and assist DoT in the developing expertise with and governance of the solution. The Security Information and Event Management system provides real-time event management and correlation, anomaly detection, and high-performance, large-scale historical data analysis necessary to detect, respond to, and investigate security and availability issues that could negatively impact the City and requires monitoring and escalation of notable security events 24x7x365. The services included in this ordinance are necessary to provide system administration, configuration, and tuning and to provide 24x7x365 monitoring and escalation of system events. These services are necessary to assist the City in meeting evolving security and compliance requirements.
DoT, through utilization of a Request for Proposal process, received four responses to solicitation number RFQ005948 for the purchase of security information and event management and security operations center services. After review of the proposals received, the recommendation is that the award be made to Kinney Group, Inc. who was scored the highest of all the proposals received.
Vendors: Final Score (out of 100 points)/Final Bid Amount:
Kinney Group, Inc. 8...
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