Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Finance and Management Department, on behalf of the Department of Technology (DoT), to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract/Purchase Agreement (UTC/PA) for the procurement of Cisco Voice licensing and WebEx subscriptions.
Cisco has been established as a citywide standard for our VoIP environment. Cisco is best known for their VoIP phones and networking equipment worldwide. The City migrated to Cisco VoIP telephone solution with the goal of dramatically saving on increasing costs related to aged telephone services provisioned by the traditional carriers over the copper wire. Cisco phones have widely been deployed throughout the City and continued efforts remain in place to depreciate existing aged phones and or phone systems.
The following Purchase Agreement association requires approval by City Council in order for the Division to expend more than $100,000.00 in a fiscal year per City Code 329.19(g):
CDW Government: PA005605, Upgrade Network & VoIP Communications
CDW Government is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
CONTRACTOR COMPLIANCE:
The contract compliance number for CDW Government is CC034427 and expires 1/3/2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding in the amount of $270,486.36 is budgeted and available in the Department of Technology’s, Information Services Division’s Operating Fund, Fund 5100.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
Emergency action is requested to meet the special pricing date offered by the vendor. After the date set by the vendor the cost for the services will increase.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Finance and Management Department to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appr...
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