STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance and Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: September 9, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Procurement Services
EXECUTIVE: Elizabeth Reich
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SUBJECT
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Authorize (1) a two-year acquisition contract for the purchase of initial licenses and implementation of a regional cyber threat intelligence fusion center solution for the Department of Information and Technology Services in an amount not to exceed $255,000; and (2) a five-year service price agreement for additional licenses, maintenance, and support services of regional cyber threat intelligence fusion center solution for Department of Information and Technology Services in the estimated amount of $995,700 - WizNucleus, Inc., most advantageous proposer of fourteen - Total amount of $1,250,700 - Financing: Homeland Security Urban Area ($350,770) and Data Services Fund ($900,000) (subject to annual appropriations)
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BACKGROUND
This action does not encumber funds; the purpose of a service price agreement is to establish firm pricing for services, for a specific term, which are ordered on an as needed basis according to annual budgetary appropriations. The not to exceed amount establishes firm pricing for a specific scope of work, while the estimated amount is intended as guidance rather than a cap on spending under the agreement, so that actual need combined with the amount budgeted will determine the amount spent under this agreement.
This service price agreement will provide for the acquisition and implementation for a regional cyber threat intelligence fusion center solution and additional licenses, maintenance, and support. This initiative will create and sustain an effective Cyber Fusion Center which allows for the sharing of intelligence then applying the information to a collective defense across the Dallas/Ft. Worth region and shared nationally. This technology will allow f...
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