RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent on behalf of the Health Services Department, to execute a Purchase Order in the amount of $102,000 for AT&T Network Integration Hardware and Services for the period March 21, 2016 through March 20, 2017.

FISCAL IMPACT:

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

BACKGROUND:

Health Services Data Center sites in Martinez and Pittsburg experienced extended network outages by cuts of the fiber optic lines. This equipment and these services will improve redundancy and fault tolerance to preclude future network outages.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Failure to improve network redundancy will result in county wide outages including CCRMC and Data Centers.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not applicable.