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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Andrew Feuerborn, Police Technical Services Director
DATE: February 9, 2016
SUBJECT:
Request a resolution authorizing the purchase of Cisco UCS computing and networking equipment for the Police and Fire Departments in the amount of $244,770 from Sentinel Technologies, Inc. of Downers Grove, IL. (Finance Committee Meeting of February 23, 2016)
PURPOSE:
In December 2015, Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure Inc. was contracted by the City for the purchase of new Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Enterprise Records Management Systems (RMS) to replace the City's legacy public safety systems. This purchase from Sentinel is one of several necessary to begin building out the infrastructure required for the new systems. The items being requested are based on specifications provided by the Police and Fire Departments' chosen CAD and RMS vendors.
This new hardware will allow the City to move forward with migrating its Public Safety CAD and RMS systems to the new platforms while still maintaining the legacy systems until such time as they can be decommissioned and/or repurposed.
Sentinel has been the City's registered Cisco partner for the past several years. Sentinel has provided both hardware and IT services to the City in a variety of key technology areas gaining knowledge of the City's existing infrastructure and needs over the years. Cisco in conjunction with Sentinel continue to provide pricing for Cisco products below both state and federal contract pricing.
BACKGROUND:
Procurement of products and services from Intergraph and 3rd party vendors will be conducted via a phased approach. Selected 3rd party vendors were approached for quotes and budgetary estimates that would form the basis of design/cost. Early procurements will include supporting infrastructure as well as down payments to Intergraph as outlined in the City's contract Milestone Payments to Intergraph. Some monies are being held outside of the...
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