To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Purchase Order with Computacenter United States Inc.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, or designee, to execute on behalf of the Health Services Director, a purchase order with Computacenter United States Inc. in an amount not to exceed $788,815 to purchase Dell hardware and support services.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this action will result in a one-time expenditure of up to $788,815 and will be funded by Hospital Enterprise Fund I revenues.
BACKGROUND:
The current Contra Costa Health (CCH) information technology infrastructure is built upon Dell servers. Our infrastructure servers that currently serve Data Warehouse databases are outdated and present significant challenges in meeting the compliance standards of Epic, CCH Electronic Health Record (EHR) software, and handling the high demand for database reporting. The current servers struggle to handle the growing volume of data and the increasing number of database queries. This results in slow response times, delayed reporting, and an inability to scale future growth. Upgrading these servers is essential to ensure efficient, secure, and compliant operations.
On February 14th, 2017, the Board of Supervisors approved agenda item C.51 to execute a Customer Purchase Agreement for Products and Services, a Product Schedule, and a Services Schedule with Dell Marketing L.P., in an amount not to exceed $239,250 for the purchase of data storage hardware, professional services, and support for the period of February 15, 2017 through March 31, 2018, and annually renewing thereafter. The Dell Marketing L.P. and Dell's Customer Purchase Agreement also governs this purchase.
This purchase will leverage cooperative agreements established by the State of California for discounted pricing. This includes access to Dell Marketing L.P. prod...
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