Title
Resolution authorizing a contract with SecureAgent, Tulsa, Oklahoma, (SecureAgent) for a backup and disaster recovery virtual tape system in an estimated amount of $102,174.
Staff Summary
• Lake County (County) desires to contract with SecureAgent to replace the International Business Machine (IBM) physical tape environment that is currently end of life and used to backup and restore the Criminal Records and Management System (CRIMS).
• SecureAgent will provide local and remote backup and recovery services between the County and the disaster recovery site and will meet the County’s backup and disaster recovery requirements.
• Pursuant to Article 10-101 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Purchasing, the County may participate in a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurement of goods with one or more public procurement units in accordance with an agreement entered into between the participants.
• The County’s Purchasing Division identified a cooperative purchasing contract with SecureAgent through General Services Administration (GS-35F-0560P) to procure needed equipment and services that was competitively solicited and awarded.
• This purchase is in an estimated amount of $102,174 for the first year, and $20,524 in year two and subsequent years.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Lake County desires to contract with SecureAgent to replace the IBM physical tape environment that is currently end of life and used to backup and restore the Criminal Records and Management System (CRIMS); and
WHEREAS, SecureAgent will provide local and remote backup and recovery services between the County and the disaster recovery site and will meet Lake County’s disaster recovery requirements; and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Article 10-101 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Purchasing, Lake County may participate in a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurement of goods with one or more public procurement units in accordance with an agreement entered into between the participants; and
WHEREAS, Purchasing identified a cooperative purchasing contract with SecureAgent, Tulsa, Oklahoma, through General Services Administration (GS-35F-0560P) to procure needed equipment and services that was competitively solicited and awarded; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this Lake County Board, that the Purchasing Agent is authorized to enter into a contract with SecureAgent, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for local and remote backup and recovery in an estimated amount of $102,174 to be charged to 101-1102050-84030
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, January 15, 2019.