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C.110

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	February 12, 2019

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Purchase Order for Groupware Technology, Inc., for Cisco Hardware, Software and Support

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 02/12/2019

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
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Jaspreet Benepal, 925-370-5101
cc:	Marcy Wilhelm Margaret Harris

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 12, 2019
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 $149,665 for the purchase of Cisco hardware, software, and support services for the period from February 15, 2019 through February 14, 2022.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Funded 100% within the Enterprise Fund I budget.

BACKGROUND:

Health Services Department (HSD) Information Technology currently owns Cisco ASR and 2950 switches. The new hardware is replacing End-of-Life (EOL) Cisco Aggregate Service Routers (ASR) for the Data Centers, and EOL switches for the Hospital and Clinics, and Health Services’ overall networking infrastructure. The new equipment suite will provide high-performance security for encrypted traffic, robust traffic inspection at high outputs, capabilities to support faster connection speeds, and upgrade capabilities for additional expansion capacity to support expected future growth in storage requirements for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Quality of patient care could be negatively impacted without the purchase of this product suite. If the EOL equipment is not replaced, HSD will be unable to accommodate secured faster data link connectivity, or provide future expansion capacity for infrastructure supporting the Epic System’s EHR storage requirements at the Hospital, Clinics, and Data Centers which could result in non-compliance with Federal and State regulations.