AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 07/01/2020
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Information Technology Department
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration to award NIB 20-069WY REBID - Cisco EA Subscription Services.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
a. Award Notice Inviting Bids (NIB) 20-069WY REBID - Cisco EA Subscription Services to ConvergeOne, Inc. of Egan, MN.
b. Authorize the Chief Information Officer or their designees to negotiate and execute non-substantive extensions, change orders and amendments up to the amount provided by CMC 3.08.060 (J).
c. Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue purchase orders to ConvergeOne, for a total amount of $506,024.09 over a three-year period ending June 30, 2023.
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ANALYSIS:
A bid was conducted to procure a three-year subscription for Cisco EA Subscription Services. These services are part of Cisco's security portfolio. The City has implemented various Cisco security solutions over the past four years to strengthen and layer our security posture. The security solutions acquired to date has reached a point that the City can take advantage of scales of economy.
The City will gain efficiencies with the three-year subscription by reducing administrative overhead in budget planning and consolidation of managing a single contract versus five separate contracts. Also, the City will realize a bigger discount in the cost of the subscription services with a three-year term versus annual contracts. The three-year savings is $364,984.33.
The Cisco security services included in the bid are NGFW, AMP for EndPoints, StealthWatch, Incident Response and Umbrella.
NGFW- Next Generation Firewall. The City has two Cisco NGFW for business continuity. The firewalls provide protection services against Malware, intrusion prevention and geographical blocking.
AMP for EndPoints - This provides anti malware protection on the desktops. In conjunction...
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