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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Issue The Attached Purchase Order Between GovConnection, Inc. And The City Of Hollywood For The Purchase Of Two (2) Simplivity Hyper Converged Server Platforms And Accessories In An Amount Not To Exceed $99,102.00.
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Staff Recommends: The approval of the Attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The Department of Information Technology (IT) desires to purchase two (2) Simplivity Hyper-converged server platforms with accessories to consolidate older model servers into a smaller number of hyper converged virtual servers.
The consolidation will include mission critical servers such as the Exchange (Outlook) server, Munis server (MUNISDB), GEMS server, as well as other important servers in the future.
Consolidating IT components into a single optimized platform with centralized management enables increased utilization, lower costs and a more robust and redundant server platform.
The requested Simplivity Hyper-converged server platforms and accessories are available on the National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance (NCPA) Contract Number 01-44 with GovConnection, Inc.
Section 38.40 (C)(5) of the Purchasing Ordinance allows the Director to procure, without following formal procedures, all goods and services which are subject of contracts with the state, its political subdivisions, the United States government, other governmental entities, or a corporation not for profit whose members are governmental entities, public officers, or any combination thereof, provided however, the goods and services are: (i) the subject of a price schedule negotiated by the state or the United States government, or (ii) the subject of a contract with another governmental entity or a corporation not for profit whose members are governmental entities, public officers, or any combination thereof, which contract is based strictly on competitive bids or competitive proposals and not on any preference.
The Director of Information Technology and the Contracts Compliance Office recommend the City Commission approve the issuance of the attached purchase order for the purchase of two (2) Simplivity Hyper-converged server platforms with accessories in the amount not to exceed $99,102.00.
Funding for this purchase is available in Account Number: 57.1345.00000.590.006441 in the amount of $39,102.00 and in Account Number 42.4000.90716.536.006441 in the amount of $60,000.00.
Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:
Dr. Wazir Ishmael, City Manager
George Keller, Assistant City Manager/Finance & Administration
Mirtha Dziedzic, Interim Director, Financial Services
Raheem Seecharan, Director, Information Technology
Paul Bassar, Contract Compliance Officer, Office of the City Manager