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 Supplemental Agreement No. 2 to increase the cooperative subscription agreement with ACL Services, Ltd. through the Department of Information Resources cooperative agreement for subscription services for licensing for an auditing, governance, risk, and compliance software solution for the Department of Information and Technology Services - Not to exceed $108,333.33, from $318,208.70 to $426,542.03 - Financing: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Grant Funds (subject to annual appropriations)
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BACKGROUND
This cooperative subscription agreement will provide licensing for an auditing, governance, risk, and compliance software solution for the Department of Information and Technology Services. This solution provides a business continuity and disaster recovery module for governance, risk, and compliance solution used by the Department of Information and Technology Services (ITS), City Controller's Office and Office of the City Auditor. The hosted solution provides access to technical support, upgrades, fixes, patches, and knowledge base information. Additionally, subscription service serves as a highly effective and efficient recovery solution system during possible disasters and other critical events.
In part the solution:
* Provides the City with an auditing, governance, risk, and compliance software solution
* Assist ITS with tracking disaster recovery plans via dashboards and metrics thereby reducing organizational cost for creation, reviews, and organization of the documentation as specified in audit review recommendations
* This solution was part of the Audit review recommendations for 2013 & 2018 Pandemic City's Continuity of Operations auditing.
* Identifies criti...
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