REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Award of Contract for Cisco Equipment to Upgrade the City Network Infrastructure (F15-22)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award a contract to NetXperts, Inc. of San Ramon in the amount of $241,377, excluding sales tax, for Cisco equipment and related network components to upgrade the City's network infrastructure, for the Information Technology Department (ITD).
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The Information Technology Department is in progress of upgrading the City's network infrastructure as part of the routine equipment replacement program designed to replace equipment at its end of life, as well as improve the communications services to accommodate current and future demands. In its current state, the City's network infrastructure is technologically obsolete and will no longer provide an acceptable level of performance in many locations or accommodate normal growth in demand for network services. In order to effectively address these issues, ITD has developed and is implementing a network infrastructure plan which will provide sustainable network services to City facilities, improve network stability and facilitate the conversion to Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony.
ITD has completed the purchase and installation of the central core network switches, approved by City Council in September 2013 (RTC 13-225). The scope of work for this project builds on that foundation, replacing network switches local to each building that are at their end of life. These local network switches provide the direct connections for business applications, file and printer sharing, email, and eventually telephone services.
Bid specifications were prepared by the Department of Information Technology. Purchasing staff issued Invitation for Bids (IFB) F15-22, which was broadcast to potential suppliers through the City's Onvia DemandStar public procurement network. The bid specifi...
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