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C.152

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	June 11, 2019

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Subject:

Purchase Order for Groupware Technology, Inc. for Cisco MDS 9706 Switch

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 06/11/2019

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 Renee Nunez

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: June 11, 2019
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Health Services Director, to execute a Purchase Order with Groupware Technology, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $620,630 for the purchase of a Cisco MDS 9706 Switch for the Health Services Department's Pittsburg Data Center.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This contract is funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I.

BACKGROUND:

Health Services Department (HSD) Information Technology currently owns a Cisco MDS 9706 Switch at the Pittsburg Data Center and utilizes Cisco’s Smartnet Support Services. HSD IT is replacing the switch, which will increase capacity from 8 Gbps (gigabits per second) to 16 Gbps. The new equipment will provide high-performance security for encrypted traffic, robust traffic inspection at higher outputs, and support faster connection speeds for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system. The new switch will be supported by Cisco under a previously executed agreement.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Quality of patient care could be negatively impacted without the purchase of this new switch. If the old switch is not replaced, HSD will be unable to accommodate secured faster data link connectivity or provide future expansion capacity for infrastructure supporting the Epic Upgrade taking place in October 2019.