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AGENDA ITEM # 9
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MEETING DATE: January 20, 2021
TO: Board of Directors
FROM: Trey Griffin, Acting IT Director
SUBJECT: Consideration to Execute a Software and Hardware License
Agreement with CDW Government
APPROVED BY______________________________
Brian C. Wright, Interim General Manager/
Water Utility Director
RECOMMENDATION:
Authorize the Interim General Manager to execute a contract with CDW Government for
hardware and software support services with an amount not to exceed $56,000.
BACKGROUND:
In 2017, the District embarked on replacement of information technology infrastructure. At
this time, the District invested upwards of $500,000 on this critical server upgrade.
At that time, the growing demands of the District’s enterprise applications were evident and
accounted for in this upgrade. Nutanix’s Hyper-converged infrastructure streamlined the
deployment, management, and scaling of the datacenter resources by combining x86-
based server and storage resources with intelligent software with a software solution.
Separate servers, storage networks, and storage arrays were replaced with a single hyper-
converged solution to create an agile datacenter that easily scaled and migrated with the
District’s business plans.
Since that time, yearly, the District has procured software and hardware support services
through CDW Government.
The annual procurements that were presented to the Board and approved in December
2020, included $40,000 for this procurement. However, the procurement has been quoted
at $56,000 for 2021. With the critical operations necessity of this procurement, staff is
requesting the Board approve this increase.
1.05.020 Objectives:
1. Responsibly serve the public.
6. Manage the District in an effective, efficient, and fiscally responsible manner.
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1.05.030 Goals:
3.4. Conduct effective and efficient operations, maintenance, and replacement programs.
6.1. Utilize modern, cost effective work methods and equipment.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Authorize the Interim General Manager to execute a hardware and software support
agreement for Nutanix, through CDW-Government in an amount not to exceed $56,000.
Sufficient funds exist in the IT Operating budget.
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