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C. 53

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:	February 25, 2014

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Authorize 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: 02/25/2014

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor

ABSENT:

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: February 25, 2014
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 Dell, Computerland of Silicon Valley, R-Computer, and Integrated Archive Systems, and a third-party lease agreement with IBM Global Finance in an amount not to exceed $804,531, for the purchase of hardware required to maintain the County's wide area network, for the period April 1, 2014 through March 31, 2016.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The cost of $804,531 is charged back to user departments through the Department of Information Technology's billing process. The Purchasing Division has arranged a lease purchase contract with IBM Global Finance. The total amount financed is $786,276 at an interest rate of 2.34%. The principal and interest for the first of three annual payments has been budgeted under Org. #4295 and #1075 for fiscal year 2013/2014.

BACKGROUND:

The Department of Information Technology is purchasing servers, switches and hardware required to maintain the County's wide area network.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

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

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not applicable.