FROM: Robert Thompson, General Manager
Originator: Wally Ritchie, Director of Finance
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PURCHASE OF IT HARDWARE FOR ENTERPRISE SERVER REFRESH AND UPGRADE
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GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION
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RECOMMENDATION: Recommend to the Board of Directors to:
A. Approve a Purchase Order to ePlus Technology, inc. for the purchase of IT Hardware for Enterprise Server Refresh and Upgrade, Specification No. E-2023-1435BD, for a total amount not to exceed $2,038,037 (plus applicable sales tax); and
B. Approve a contingency in the amount of $203,804 (10%).
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BACKGROUND
Orange County Sanitation District's (OC San) current server infrastructure for the enterprise office computing environment at Plant Nos. 1 and 2 has been in service for over six years. The equipment requires upgrading as it will reach end-of-life in 2024 and will no longer be supported. Additionally, the implementation of the new SCADA development environment, Project No. J-120, requires additional storage space and computing capacity. The recommended solution is to adopt the Nutanix hyper-converged infrastructure, which will provide greater capacity, efficiency, redundancy, and security. Nutanix has already been deployed for the Industrial Control System network (ICS) so it will simplify management, since both the office network and ICS network will be operating on the same solution.
RELEVANT STANDARDS
* Protect OC San assets
* Ensure the public's money is wisely spent
* 24/7/365 treatment plant reliability
* Maintain a culture of improving efficiency to reduce the cost to provide the current service level or standard
PROBLEM
The enterprise office computing equipment is approaching its end-of-life. In addition, the new SCADA system development environment, implemented by Project No. J-120, requires more storage space and computing resources.
PROPOSED SOLUTION
Approve a Purchase Order Contract to ePlus Technology, inc. for the purchase of the IT...
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