To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: 20-569-0 (Admin) Allied Network Solutions Inc. for Cisco Intersight
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, or designee, to execute on behalf of the Employment and Human Services Director, a purchase order and related agreement with Allied Network Solutions, Inc., to purchase Cisco Intersight, used to manage County virtual servers network devises and storage infrastructure, in an amount not to exceed $72,946 for the period June 14, 2024 through June 13, 2026. (59% Federal, 35% State, 6% County)
FISCAL IMPACT:
$72,946: 59% Federal, 35% State, 6% County General Fund, of which $36,473 is budgeted in FY24/25 and $36,473 will be budgeted in FY25/26.
BACKGROUND:
The Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) seeks to renew its maintenance agreement with Cisco to use their Intersight product. This purchase enables EHSD and DoIT to have a single location to manage our virtual servers network devices and storage infrastructure. EHSD has approximately 200 Virtual servers to support services to our customers, 400 Network switches and routers, and a Large (120TB) network storge appliance. Cisco's General Terms include a limitation of liability capping liability at the greater of fees paid in the past 12 months or $100,000. This vendor was selected per procurement requirements outlined in Administrative Bulletin 600.3.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The County will be limited in its ability to effectively manage their network environment for their customers.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This agreement supports all five of the community outcomes established in the Children's Report Card: (1) "Children Ready for and Succeeding in School"; (2) "Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood"; (3)"Families that are Economically Self-Sufficient"; (4)...
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