Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Technology (DoT), to modify and extend an existing agreement with CDW Government, LLC through the extension of purchase order PO304956. The extension makes the funds on the above referenced purchase order available for an additional year, through December 31, 2023. There are no new or additional funds required/requested via this legislation and subsequent purchase order extension. The original contract was approved as bid waiver legislation, authorized by Ordinance 2416-2021, passed on November 15, 2021. That legislation authorized purchase order PO304956 for professional services to migrate the city’s current Cisco ASA and Juniper SRX 4100 platforms to a security solution leveraging the Palo Alto security platform with CDW Government, LLC. These professional services are required to complete the final phase of this project.
The Palo Alto Firewall refresh project is a major upgrade to the Core City Firewall services which provides all inbound and outbound internet connections to the City. The Palo Alto project implementation is approached in multiple phases by the vendor CDWG and the final phase of the firewall cutover had a dependency on another project (HCI). The HCI project dependency had caused a delay on the final phase of the Palo Alto Project and the HCI project dependency and will be completed in 2023. The Department of Technology (DoT) needs to extend purchase order PO304956 and will need the same team from the vendor CDWG to perform the final Palo Alto Firewall cutover.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE:
Vendor Name: CDW Government LLC; FID#/CC#: 36-4230110; Expiration Date: 3/10/2024
(City DAX Vendor Acct#: 007352)
FISCAL IMPACT:
No additional costs are associated with this ordinance. Passage of this ordinance allows the funds on the above-referenced purchase order (PO304956) available for an additional year, through December 31, 2023.
EMERGENCY:
This ordinance is being submitted as en emergency measure to ensure that funds are in place prior to the City Auditor's 2022 year-end closing. Emergency designation is also requested to avoid project delays in implementation, lapsed services and coverage associated with the security solution leveraging the Palo Alto security platform.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Technology (DoT), to modify and extend an existing agreement with CDW Government, LLC through the extension of purchase order PO304956 to make the funds on the referenced purchase order available for an additional year, through December 31, 2023; and to authorize the use of any remaining funds/unspent balance on existing on purchase order PO304956, for professional services to migrate the city’s current Cisco ASA and Juniper SRX 4100 platforms to a security solution leveraging the Palo Alto security platform; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Technology has a continued need for professional services to migrate the city’s current Cisco ASA and Juniper SRX 4100 platforms to a security solution leveraging the Palo Alto security platform; and
WHEREAS, the original contract was approved as bid waiver legislation, authorized by Ordinance 2416-2021, passed on November 15, 2021. Ordinance 2416-2021, passed on November 15, 2021, authorized purchase order PO304956 for professional services to migrate the city’s current Cisco ASA and Juniper SRX 4100 platforms to a security solution leveraging the Palo Alto security platform with CDW Government, LLC; and
WHEREAS, the Palo Alto Firewall refresh project is a major upgrade to the Core City Firewall services which provides all inbound and outbound internet connections to the City. The Palo Alto project implementation is approached in multiple phases by the vendor CDWG and the final phase of the firewall cutover had a dependency on another project (HCI). The HCI project dependency had caused a delay on the final phase of the Palo Alto Project and the HCI project dependency is now projected to be completed by the end 2023; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Director of the Department of Technology (DoT), to modify and extend an existing agreement with CDW Government, LLC through the extension of purchase order PO304956. No new or additional funds are associated with this purchase order extension request. The extension makes the funds on the above referenced purchase order available for an additional year, through December 31, 2023; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Technology in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of the Department of Technology to modify and extend an existing agreement with CDW Government, LLC through the extension of purchase order PO304956 for professional services to migrate the city’s current Cisco ASA and Juniper SRX 4100 platforms to a security solution so that important services can continue without interruption; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Technology be and is hereby authorized to modify and extend an existing agreement with CDW Government, LLC through the extension of purchase order PO304956 through December 31, 2023.
SECTION 2. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance
SECTION 4. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.