Agenda

Return

C.115

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	July 9, 2019

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Purchase Order with Groupware Technology, Inc. for Cisco SMARTnet Hardware Support Renewal

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 07/09/2019

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor

Contact:	Patrick Wilson, 925-335-8700
cc:	Renee Nunez Marcy Wilhelm

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: July 9, 2019
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to execute, on behalf of the Health Services Director, a Purchase Order with Groupware Technology, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $104,898, for the renewal of hardware support services provided by Cisco Systems, Inc., for the period from August 23, 2019 through August 22, 2020.

FISCAL IMPACT:

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

BACKGROUND:

Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) current infrastructure consists of Cisco equipment, and is used to support the hospital, clinics, and ancillary sites, and all users are connected to and rely on this equipment for connectivity. SMARTnet is also the hardware support that covers the Cisco UCS blade servers and chassis which host the Epic application for the hospital, clinic sites, and community providers. Support is mandated under the County’s agreement with Epic and is necessary to prevent failures.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Failure to renew the hardware support increases the risk of an unexpected failure, and possibly an extended outage. This could negatively impact the patient medical records system and patient care at the hospital and health clinic locations.