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Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute a contract with Presidio Networked Solutions Group for Cisco Smartnet support for one (1) year in an amount not to exceed $232,673.
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FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding for this action is available in the FY2022 Operating Budget
STRATEGIC PLAN:
Strategic Goal Alignment:
☒ 1. Internal/External Customer Service Excellence ☐ 2. Stakeholder Engagement
☐ 3. Financial and Environmental Sustainability ☐ 4. Staff Development ☒ 5. Agency Growth Management
Strategic Objectives:
☐ 1.1 Safety & Risk ☒1.2 Continuous improvement ☐ 1.3 Dynamic Change
☐1.4 Culture of Innovation ☐2.1 Be an Employer of Choice ☐2.2 Organization Development
☐2.3 Organization Culture ☐3.1 Resource optimization ☐3.2 Safety Culture
☐3.3 Environmental Leadership ☐4.1 Educate & Call to Action ☐4.2 Build Partnerships
☐4.3 Value of Transit ☐4.4 Project Connect
EXPLANATION OF STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT: Maintaining a robust and reliable network and security infrastructure ensures reliable systems access for internal and external customers.
BUSINESS CASE: The Cisco Smartnet support agreement will provide reliable network and security hardware maintenance and professional services to the mission critical systems that support all Capital Metro locations including all users for both internal services and external customer services. In order to maintain maximum uptime for critical infrastructure, external support is used to replace defective equipment and augment internal staff to provide expertise in the management of components to assist in quickly resolving issues that may arise. This infrastructure is the backbone of our network that provides access to service enabling and customer facing technology.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: This item will be presented to the full board on December 17, 2021.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Capital Metro employs several network and security solutions to achieve robust, redundant, and secure connectivity within our own internal network and to the internet. As Capital Metro continues to expand its offerings for service enabling and customer facing technology, uptime is critical. The Cisco Smartnet support will allow us to maintain high availability. This is a renewal of the Cisco agreement through a third-party partner that could be any eligible partner through the State DIR contract. Presidio does not provide any additional service but is a pass-through mechanism to the Cisco solution.
DBE/SBE PARTICIPATION: No SBE goal is assigned to this procurement due to no subcontracting opportunity.
PROCUREMENT: Capital Metro will utilize the Department of Information Resources (DIR) Contract Number DIR-TSO-4167, held by Cisco System, to contract with Presidio Networked Solutions Group, who is authorized to resell Cisco Branded Products and Services under Cisco’s DIR contract.
DIR awarded contracts are made available for use by Capital Metro via Title 7, Intergovernmental Relations Chapter 791, Interlocal Cooperation Contracts and The Texas Interlocal Cooperation Act. Purchases made using DIR contracts satisfy otherwise applicable competitive bidding requirements. Pricing for Cisco SmartNet Hardware Support was determined to be fair & reasonable by DIR’s organization during its solicitation and award process.
The pricing provided by Presidio Networked Solutions Group is the best value to Capital Metro, considering cost analysis for Cisco SmartNet Hardware and Software Support using previous contract pricing and market rates. The contract is a fixed price contract. The term of the Contract is one (1) year from notice to proceed. The not to exceed price is as follows:
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Description |
Not to Exceed Price |
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Cisco SmartNet Hardware and Software Support |
$232,673 |
RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT: Information Technology
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RESOLUTION
OF THE
CAPITAL METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TRAVIS
AI-2021-144
WHEREAS, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors and Capital Metro management endeavor to provide reliable and secure networking solutions; and
WHEREAS, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors and Capital Metro management recognize the need to provide highly available systems for internal and external customers.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors that the President & CEO, or his designee, is authorized to finalize and execute a contract with Presidio Networked Solutions Group to renew the Cisco Smartnet support contract for one (1) year in an amount not to exceed $232,673.
____________________ Date: ____________________
Secretary of the Board
Eric Stratton