TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Mickey Baker, IT Director
THROUGH: Mark R. Lauzier, City Manager
DATE: June 19, 2018
Title
APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT THROUGH PIGGYBACK OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,000,000 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2020
Recommendation
Recommended Action:
Motion to Approve purchases in the amount of $2,000,000 from State of Florida Contracts and Agreements at the approved rates from various approved vendors that provide equipment and services at the best prices through September 2020.
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Background:
The Information Technology (IT) Department is responsible for the technology governance, infrastructure and functionality of the City. This includes communications, applications, networks, computers, cameras, television etc.… Thus, the IT Department diagnoses and resolves technology problems, assists in configuration of our technology systems, and ensures that the City possesses the best technology for over twenty (20) facilities. The IT Department purchases equipment including laptops, workstations, tablets, monitors, printers, servers, disk drives, software, cables, accessories, storage, peripherals, memory and many others.
For the last two (2) years the IT Department has spent the following on the goods and services included in the desired contracts:
Fiscal Year Amount
2016-2017 $983,872
2017-2018 (Year to Date) $557,255
The City of Delray Beach (City) Purchasing Policies Manual allows for contracts to be awarded by accessing the goods or services from any State of Florida contract, contracts from any subdivisions, other County and municipal contracts, or from any other governmental entity (other than the Federal government, with the exception of GSA Schedule 70 for Technology, Schedule 84 for Security and Law Enforcement Equipment (alarm/signaling systems firefighting and rescue equipment, law enforcement and security equipment) and GSA Schedule 1122 Equipment for Ho...
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