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County Administrator's Report 11. 16.
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| BCC Regular Meeting |
Budget & Finance Consent |
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| RECOMMENDATION: |
Recommendation Concerning Maintenance and Support Services for SMARTnet - Stephan Hall, Management and Budget Services Interim Department Director
That the Board award a Purchase Order for PD 14-15.014, for 12 months of Maintenance and Support Services for SMARTnet, to PC Specialists, Inc., d/b/a Technology Integration Group (TIG), in the amount of $99,551.
[Funding: Fund 001, General Fund, Cost Center 270103, Object Code 54601] |
| BACKGROUND: |
The Office of Purchasing advertised the solicitation in the Pensacola News Journal on December 1, 2014. The invitation to bid closed on December 16, 2014 with one bid received.
This is the annual renewal of the Cisco SMARTnet program that provides software maintenance and technical support for the network and datacenter equipment that connects the County facilities including the Clerk of Courts, Tax Collector, Supervisor of Elections, Property Appraiser and Sheriff's office and provides business system hosting for many of these entities. This equipment includes network switches, firewalls, routers, enterprise hardware servers, video conferencing, wireless access, remote access and the specialized virtual private network that provides the connectivity of EMS and Fire Services to the 911 dispatch center.
Additionally, this provides the software maintenance and technical support for the voice-over-IP telephone system in use throughout the BCC, Tax Collector, Supervisor of Elections, ECAT and para-transit offices. |
| BUDGETARY IMPACT: |
| Funding: Fund 001, General Fund, Cost Center 270103, Object Code 54601 |
| LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS/SIGN-OFF: |
| Purchase Order will be used. |
| PERSONNEL: |
| NA |
| POLICY/REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION: |
| This Recommendation is in compliance with the Escambia County, FL, Code of Ordinance, Chapter 46, Article II, Purchases and Contracts. |
| IMPLEMENTATION/COORDINATION: |
| The Office of Purchasing will distribute the Purchase Order. The Information Technology Dept is responsible for managing these services. |
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