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C. 49

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:	January 10, 2017

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Costa

County

Subject:

APPROVE Purchase Orders with Various Companies and a Third-party Lease Agreement with IBM Global Finance

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/10/2017

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

David Gould, (925) 313-2151

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 10, 2017
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, or designee, to execute, on behalf of the Chief Information Officer, purchase orders with Graybar Electric, Computerland of Silicon Valley, SSP Data, and a third-party lease agreement with IBM Global Finance, in an amount not to exceed $210,180, for the purchase of hardware and software required to maintain the integrity of the County's information technology Infrastructure, for the period February 1, 2017 through February 29, 2021, Countywide.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The cost of $210,180 is charged back to user departments through the Department of Information Technology's billing process. (100% Department User Fees)

BACKGROUND:

The Department of Information Technology is purchasing equipment and software to maintain the security of the County's wide area network. The Purchasing Division has arranged a lease purchase contract with IBM Global Finance. The total amount financed is $202,383.61 at an interest rate not to exceed 3.25%. The principal and interest for up to five annual payments has been budgeted under Org numbers 1060 and 1075, and for fiscal year 2016/17.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Failure to maintain these systems may result in reduced capacity, system failure, and interrupted business and emergency operations.