Submitted By: Joshua Sasso
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Presentation By: Joshua Sasso
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Department: Police
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Approve the purchase of NetApp back-up and disaster recovery storage solution utilizing an OMNIA Partners cooperative purchasing agreement with an estimated expenditure amount of $92,158
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Operational Excellence
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BACKGROUND:
The Ocala Police Department's Information Technology Department is requesting approval to purchase two cyber resilient storage arrays. These storage devices will provide our police and fire public safety systems with enhanced ransomware detection and remediation toolsets. In addition, these arrays will allow our systems to automatically fail-over to our disaster recovery (DR) location without data loss in the event of a natural disaster or in an event that would require evacuation of the police department headquarters building.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
Ensuring that critical systems which provide lifesaving services to our citizens remain online 24 hours a day, seven days a week is a top priority for the Ocala Police Department. This equipment purchase is crucial to our disaster continuity plan. The purchase includes installation and support with a four-hour turnaround time to replace defective parts.
As a political subdivision of the state of Florida, the City of Ocala qualifies as an eligible user of the NCPA's (a wholly-owned subsidiary of OMNIA Partners, Public Sector) cooperative purchasing agreement for Systems and Information Management Software, Contract No. 01-137. NCPA awarded Contract No. 01-137 for an initial term of three years, through April 30, 2025, with two additional one-year renewal terms. The underlying solicitation and award were evaluated and, after benchmarking against comparable options, determined by the City's Procurement Department to be cost-effective and to afford the City best value.
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