Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Department of Technology (DoT) to enter into contract with CDW Government, LLC to acquire a new Dell Technologies PowerScale file based storage solution. This procurement includes redundant hardware, software, (licenses, maintenance and support) for the first 5 years, training, professional services for the project management, installation, configuration, and file migration of the City's legacy file based storage platform. The replacement of the existing legacy file based storage will improve file based storage performance, capacity, security, and ensure that the City continues to keep its critical file based storage infrastructure modern and supported.
The legacy file based storage platform being replaced primarily supports user data files for user home directories and for network files shared within and between departments.
The total cost of the above-describe procurement is $961,322.90. The term period will be one year from the date of a purchase order confirmed/certified by the Columbus City Auditor’s office. Subject to mutual agreement and approval of proper city authorities this contract can be renewed for one additional year.
The Department of Technology, through utilization of a Request for Proposal process, received six (6) proposals from four (4) offerors in response to the filer portion of solicitation number RFQ017029, opened on November 3, 2020. The evaluation process was conducted in two phases. The first phase evaluated offerors on RFP requirements only. All proposals were promoted to phase two. The second phase included a presentation and demonstration of each of the offeror’s proposals. Each proposal was evaluated according to technical requirements, quality, feasibility, competence, relevant project experience, and cost. These evaluation criteria were weighted as indicated in the RFP. At the end of the phase two evaluation process, the offerors associated with the three propos...
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