STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance & Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: November 9, 2022
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Procurement Services
EXECUTIVE: Jack Ireland
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a four-year cooperative purchasing agreement for the acquisition and service maintenance and support of a data access governance solution for the Department of Information and Technology Services with SHI Government Solutions through the Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (Buyboard) agreement - Not to exceed $491,689.00 - Financing: 2021 Homeland Security-Urban Security Initiative 21-23 (subject to annual appropriations)
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BACKGROUND
This action does not encumber funds; the purpose of a cooperative purchasing agreement is to establish firm pricing for services, for a specific term, which are ordered on an as needed basis.
This cooperative purchasing agreement will provide for the acquisition and service maintenance and support of a data access governance solution. This solution will permit the City to use artificial intelligence to automate data discovery and cataloging. Specifically, the data access governance solution will identify sensitive data, provide visibility into which users have access to what data, audit and manage entitlements, and automate remediation of excessive access privileges for both unstructured and structured data. It will also provide enterprise search capabilities through the enterprise data catalog module.
The Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (Buyboard) agreement is authorized by Chapter 791 of the Texas Government Code and Subchapter F, Chapter 271, Texas Local Government Code. Section 271.102 of the Texas Local Government Code which authorizes a local government to participate in a Cooperative Purchasing Program with another local government or a local cooperative organization.
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
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