REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Authorize the Issuance of a Blanket Purchase Order for Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Licenses and a Purchase Order for Perpetual Product Licenses to SHI International Corp. (F20-018)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to authorize the issuance of a Blanket Purchase Order to SHI International Corp of Somerset, NJ in the amount of $1,150,000.00 for Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA) product licenses for Office 365, Dynamics Constituent Relationship Management (CRM), and productivity office software. Approval is also requested to authorize the issuance of a Purchase Order to SHI International Corp in the amount of $382,462.12 for Microsoft perpetual product licenses for a server Operating System (OS) and SQL Server Database.
EXISTING POLICY
Pursuant to Section 2.08.040 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code (SMC), City Council approval is required for contracts for the procurement of goods and/or services exceeding $100,000 in any one transaction.
In accordance with Sunnyvale Municipal Code Section 2.08.220(b), the purchasing officer may authorize the procurement of goods and/or services through a contract initiated by another governmental, public or quasi-public agency, provided that the parties agree, it was awarded within 12 months, the contract is identical or nearly identical and resulted from competitive bids methods similar to those set forth in Sunnyvale Municipal Code Section 2.08.060.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(a) as it has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Enterprise Agreement and Subscriptions
The Information Technology Department is requesting to renew an Enterprise Agreement (EA) and subscriptions ...
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