STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance & Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: August 28, 2024
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Procurement Services
EXECUTIVE: Donzell Gipson
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SUBJECT
Title
Authorize Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to increase the service contract with 22nd Century Technologies, Inc. through the Sourcewell cooperative agreement for the purchase, installation, hardware monitoring, and support of additional secondary backup circuits for the Department of Information and Technology Services - Not to exceed $694,629.80, from $12,583,720.40 to $13,278,350.20 - Financing: Data Services Fund (subject to annual appropriations)
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BACKGROUND
This action does not encumber funds; the purpose of a service contract is to establish firm pricing for services, for a specific term, which are ordered on an as needed basis.
This Supplemental Agreement will continue to provide for the purchase, installation, hardware monitoring, and support of additional secondary backup circuits for the Department of Information and Technology Services. This agreement will provide for the additional secondary backup circuits for the DPD Headquarters location and Internet Crimes Against Children. The secondary circuits provide a backup path through which network traffic can pass if primary circuits go down as a result of a disaster.
The secondary backup circuits are used to deliver network traffic that will allow for the provision of the most crucial services, such as public safety and water to Dallas residents.
Some key benefits to implementing the tools include but are not limited to:
• Moving the City into compliance with an audit finding from the IBM Data Center Study and Evaluation Services Physical Facility Assessment
• The ability to continue delivering key services despite a disaster striking the City
• The diversification of the City’s circuit provider to ensure a backup exists to the City’s current circuits.
On November 10, 2015, the City Council authorized a living wage policy that requires contractors to pay their employees a “living wage” rate as established annually by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Living Wage Calculator for Dallas County by Resolution No. 15-2141. This contract renewal option includes the living wage of $18.24.
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
On April 12, 2023, the City Council authorized a five-year cooperative purchasing agreement for the purchase, installation, hardware monitoring, and support for a secondary backup circuits for the Department of Information and Technology Services with 22nd Century Technologies, Inc. through the Sourcewell cooperative agreement by Resolution No 23-0478.
FISCAL INFORMATION
|
Fund |
FY 2024 |
FY 2025 |
Future Years |
|
Data Services Fund |
$694,629.80 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
M/WBE INFORMATION
In accordance with the City’s Business Inclusion and Development Policy adopted on September 23, 2020, by Resolution No. 20-1430, as amended, the M/WBE participation on this contract is as follows:
|
Contract Amount |
Procurement Category |
M/WBE Goal |
|
$694,629.80 |
Other Services |
N/A |
|
M/WBE Subcontracting % |
M/WBE Overall % |
M/WBE Overall Participation $ |
|
N/A |
100.00% |
$694,629.80 |
|
• 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., Non-Local, AM, 100.00% - Prime Contractor |
|
• The Business Inclusion and Development Policy does not apply to Cooperative Purchasing Agreements. |
|
• 22nd Century Technologies, Inc. - Non-local; Workforce - 0.00% Local |
OWNER
22nd Century Technologies, Inc.
220 Davidson Avenue
Suite 118
Somerset, NJ 08873
Anil Sharma, Chief Executive Officer