Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Department of Technology (DoT) to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with Purchase Agreement (PA/UTC) PA005936 (expiration date: 6/30/2025) with CDW Government, LLC for the purchase of SolarWinds software products, in the amount of $96,470.00. This purchase will allow DoT to continue to modernize, upgrade, and enhance our network monitoring solution. This purchase of SolarWinds software products includes the following but not limited to: network device availability, bandwidth utilization, software upgrades and traffic analysis. SolarWinds gives our infrastructure team the enterprise tools needed to perform in-depth analysis and maintain support of critical systems. Without this purchase of the SolarWinds software, the network infrastructure team lacks the proper enterprise tools needed to troubleshoot complex network issues and anomalies. The coverage term period is one (1) year from the date of a purchase order confirmed by the City of Columbus, City Auditor's Office.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Funds, in the amount of $96,470.00 for this expenditure have been identified and are available within the Department of Technology, Information Services Division, Information Services Operating Fund.
EMERGENCY:
Emergency designation is being requested for this purchase to ensure no service interruption and to also establish a purchase order at the earliest possible remaining dates this year (2022).
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE:
Vendor Name: CDW Government, LLC; CC#/F.I.D. #: 36-4230110; Expiration Date: 03/10/2024
(DAX Vendor Acct. #: 034427)
Title
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management, on behalf of Department of Technology, to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with Purchase Agreement (PA/UTC) PA005936 (expiration date: 6/30/2025) with CDW Government,...
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