To: Board of Supervisors
From: David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Report Title: Stormwinds, LLC
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to execute, on behalf of the Sheriff-Coroner, a purchase order with Stormwinds, LLC in an amount not to exceed $15,000 and ACCEPT terms and conditions for the annual renewal of enterprise training licenses, for the period December 22, 2025 through June 22, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this request will result in up to $15,000 in contractual expenditures over a 2-year period and will be funded 100% by the General Fund.
BACKGROUND:
The Sheriff's Office's Technical Services Department began using Stormwinds as a training solution in 2019, and the staff have benefited immensely from the quality, variety, and flexibility of their courses.
Stormwinds, LLC., is an industry-leading provider of online information technology training. They have a massive library of over 180 IT course topics and thousands of class sessions, covering everything from cybersecurity to Cisco, Microsoft, AWS, project management, and programming. They provide live and pre-recorded classes, virtual labs, practice exams, study guides, and one-on-one mentoring. Their courses are updated monthly to ensure that instruction is current on the latest real-world security fixes, bug patches, and shortcuts. This enables the Sheriff's Office staff to stay relevant and current in the ever-evolving IT landscape.
The contractor continues to provide services in good faith, and the Terms and Conditions include a limitation of liability from the County to StormWinds, LLC.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the Board does not approve, current subscriptions would expire, and the Department would no longer have access to Stormwind's training library, limiting staff's ability to stay abreast of current IT knowledge and trends, as well as having access to their knowle...
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