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Approval of a resolution authorizing the Interim President & CEO, or their designee, to finalize and execute a contract with World Wide Technology, LLC for Cisco Smartnet support for one (1) year for equipment and a three (3) year enterprise agreement for Cisco security specific solutions in an amount not to exceed $436,516.
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FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding for this action is available in the FY2023 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, reliable, and secure network ensures the continuity of Cap Metro’s information systems. The Cisco Smartnet support agreement is a technical support service that allows World Wide Technology and Capital Metro direct access to Cisco’s Technical Assistance Center (TAC) to ensure resolution of critical network issues and a procurement vehicle to purchase Cisco network equipment.
BUSINESS CASE: The Cisco Smartnet support agreement will provide maintenance and professional services for Capital Metro’s network and information security infrastructure. The support agreement will include the ability to directly access specialized Cisco technical services to assist staff in the management and resolution of production issues that may arise.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: This item will be presented to the full board on November 21, 2022.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Capital Metro depends on a robust, redundant, and secure network while also allowing for the expansion of the network to keep up with the service demands of Capital Metro customers and departments. This Contract with World Wide Technology LLC will assist Capital Metro in expanding and maintaining a highly available and resilient information systems network.
DBE/SBE PARTICIPATION: No SBE goal is assigned to this procurement due to no subcontracting opportunity.
PROCUREMENT: Capital Metro will use the Department of Information Resources (DIR) Contract Number DIR-TSO-4167, held by Cisco System, to contract with World Wide Technology LLC, 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 and Software Support was determined to be fair & reasonable by DIR’s organization during its solicitation and award process.
The pricing provided by World Wide Technology 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 for Cisco SmartNet Hardware and Software Support and three (3) years from notice to proceed for Web Filtering and Network Access Control Security Solutions. The not to exceed price is as follows:
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Description |
Lump Sum Price |
|
Cisco SmartNet Hardware and Software Support |
$285,266.00 |
|
Web Filtering and Network Access Control Security Solutions |
$151,250.00 |
|
Grand Total: |
$436,516.00 |
RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT: Information Technology
RESOLUTION
OF THE
CAPITAL METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TRAVIS
AI-2022-596
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 Interim President & CEO, or their designee, is authorized to finalize and execute a contract with World Wide Technology, LLC for Cisco Smartnet support for one (1) year for equipment and a three (3) year enterprise agreement for Cisco security specific solutions in an amount not to exceed $436,516.
____________________ Date: ____________________
Secretary of the Board
Leslie Pool