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C. 65

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	October 24, 2017

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Costa

County

Subject:

Purchase Order with Groupware Technology Inc. for PureStorage Hardware and Support

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 10/24/2017

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 Runt, 925-335-1800
cc:	Tasha Scott Marcy Wilhelm Allyson Eggert

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: October 24, 2017
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Health Services Department, to execute a Purchase Order with Groupware Technology Inc., in an amount not to exceed $399,522 for the purchase of Pure Storage Flash Array hardware and support for the period from October 31, 2017 through October 30, 2020.

FISCAL IMPACT:

100% funding is included in the Hospital Enterprise Fund I Budget.

BACKGROUND:

Health Services Department's Information Technology (IT) currently utilizes PureStorage arrays, which stores ccLink electronic medical records (EMR) data. This purchase is for new PureStorage equipment, which will be installed in a new data center location at 2380 Bisso Lane, Concord. The data center will require a new storage array to house all associated Epic EMR data and expand Epic Cache Storage. This purchase includes three years of advanced maintenance and support. Additional disc storage will expand the amount of online medical record data available to providers and provide a faster storage system.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The County and PureStorage entered into an End User Agreement dated April 21, 2017 which includes terms and conditions governing the County’s use of PureStorage products.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without this purchase, Health Services Department's IT will be unable to adequately store Epic EMR patient data and other critical healthcare information. This could lead to loss of existing data through overwriting or loss of new data due to an inability to store it.