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C. 34

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Ellen McDonnell, Interim Public Defender
Date:	October 12, 2021

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Costa

County

Subject:

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Defender, or designee, to execute a purchase order with Dell Technologies

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 10/12/2021

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:

susan woodhouse 925-335-8031

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 12, 2021
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Defender, or designee, to execute a purchase order with Dell Technologies in an amount not to exceed $216,461 for the purchase and maintenance of two (2) PowerEdge R740XD servers.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This purchase is budgeted for FY 21/22, 100% General Fund.

BACKGROUND:

The Public Defenders Office's servers contain a variety of outdated technologies. The current servers supporting the department's technology infrastructure lack manufacture support placing the department at great risk of hardware failure. Replacing the outdated servers with a robust server host will increase backup efficiency and in the event of a disaster decrease the time required to execute a disaster recovery plan.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If the Public Defender's Office is unable to replace the existing outdated servers the department remains at risk of hardware failure disabling the web based servers, databases, and file management systems required to operate the department's computers.