STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance and Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: September 23, 2020
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Procurement Services
EXECUTIVE: Elizabeth Reich
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SUBJECT
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Authorize three separate, three-year cooperative purchasing agreements for the purchase and installation of hardware, licenses, maintenance, and support of various network elements that together comprise a multi-level network security and monitoring solution in response to COVID-19 work from home efforts for the Department of Information and Technology Services with Future Com Ltd. through The Interlocal Purchasing System cooperative agreement for the IXIA Enterprise system and Nozomi system in the combined amount of $1,020,484.96 and Presidio Networked Solutions Group, LLC through the Department of Information Resources cooperative agreement for the NetScout system in the amount of $556,282.41 - Total not to exceed $1,576,767.37 - Financing: U.S. Department of Treasury - Coronavirus Relief Funds
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BACKGROUND
These contracts provide a holistic and layered network and performance monitoring approach to securing the City network while ensuring the network achieves an expected level of performance. Ensuring optimal network efficiencies is vital to supporting both on-premise, remote telephony, and video services. Each of the recommended vendors will provide solutions to address specific parts of the overall network, such as:
* Incoming and outgoing network traffic transmitted by employees, residents, vendors, and others transacting business with the City
* Data transmitted through Voice Over Internet Protocol devices
* Communications between devices connected to and/or inside the City's network
* How critical applications, telephony, and video services are performing on the City's network
These solutions monitor both physical and virtual infrastructures providing complete coverage....
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