REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
March 2, 2017
FROM: BRUCE RUDD, City Manager
BY: BRYON HORN, Chief Information Officer
Information Services Department
SUBJECT
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Approve the purchase of security network equipment in the amount of $234,833.15 from AMS.NET, in accordance with purchasing procedures from cooperative agreements as set forth in Administrative Order 3-1.
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RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended Council approve the purchase of security network equipment from AMS.NET in the amount of $234,833.15 as the City is implementing recommendations from the Security Assessment, which was completed in 2015. In accordance with Administrative Order 3-1, the equipment is being purchased through a competitive purchase agreement (Merced County FOCUS Contract #2015109).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Fresno's Information Services Department (ISD) is responsible for the City's networking needs, which includes securing the City's network and information. Since technology is a vital part of the City's business processes, it is imperative that proper and authentic equipment be purchased from reputable service providers. Since the purpose of this purchase is for City network security, the line items of the agreement which include make, model, operating systems and feature sets have not been provided. Funding for this purchase currently exists in the ISD Fiscal Year 2017 budget.
BACKGROUND
In past years, attempts to procure security network equipment through a request for proposal process has resulted in counterfeit and "gray market" products, even if the bid requirement specified that only genuine and supported equipment be supplied. As such, ISD and Finance Department have a cooperative purchase agreement allowing the purchases of networking equipment through Merced County FOCUS Contract #2015109. The FOCUS agreement is a very low cost and competitively bid agreement in which the supplier, AMS.NET, is generally able to provide the City of Fresno the ...
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