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C. 74

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Marc Shorr, Chief Information Officer
Date:	October 22, 2019

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Costa

County

Subject:

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Chief Information Officer, or designee, to execute a contract amendment/extension agreement with Sirius Computer Solutions

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 10/22/2019

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

ABSENT:

Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Scott Sullivan, (925) 313-1288
cc:	Scott Sullivan Nancy Zandonella

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 22, 2019
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Chief Information Officer, or designee, to execute a contract amendment/extension agreement with Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc., to extend the term from October 31, 2019 to October 31, 2021, and to increase the payment limit by $100,000 to a new payment limit of $700,000 for continued IBM System Z Mainframe Operating System services.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The cost for this contract has been included in the Department of Information Technology’s approved FY 19-20 budget and will be included in the FY 20-21 budget. All costs are offset by user fees.

BACKGROUND:

The Department of Information Technology uses the IBM System Z mainframe operating system on its mainframe servers. On November 3, 2013, the Board authorized the Chief Information Officer to enter into a professional services contract with Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc. to provide (on an as-needed basis) IBM System Z mainframe operating system support including, without limitation, general trouble-shooting assistance, application support and system software administration; with subsequent annual amendments to extend the term through October 31, 2019. During the term of the proposed contract extension, Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc. will continue to work with County employees, under the direction of the Chief Information Officer, or designee. This contract includes provisions requiring the contractor to indemnify the County for any clams for infringement of a third party’s intellectual property rights to the extent the infringement claims are based on Contractor’s performance of support services under the contract.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Mainframe production job processing can impact the Finance System, Land Information Systems, (Assessor, Treasurer-Tax Collector and the Auditor-Controller), Property Tax Systems (Secured, Unsecured, Redemption and Delinquent), Court (Criminal and Traffic), Probation (Adult and Juvenile), District Attorney Juvenile Division, Public Defender’s Office and the Justice Automated Warrant System.

The County’s business productivity and finance systems could be negatively impacted if the Mainframe malfunctioned and we were unable to correct the issues. The implications could be severe.