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PROPOSED CONTRACT (TECHNOLOGY)
Department(s): Bureau of Technology
Vendor: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Information Technology Professional Services
Contract Value: $815,000.00
Contract period: 5/21/2014 - 5/20/2017 with two (2) one (1) year renewal options
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2014: $350,000.00, FY 2015: $275,000.00; FY 2016: $100,000.00; FY2017: $90,000.00
Accounts: 71700016/260
Contract Number(s): 1490-13636
Concurrence(s):
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs
Summary: Under the proposed contract, Microsoft will assist BOT with projects related to infrastructure and support of other agencies and elected officials, which are: Mail Migration, Server Virtualization, On/Off-boarding automation, Disaster Recovery - secondary sites, Microsoft Certificate Services, Server/Workstation Security Enhancements, Mobile Device Management (MDM), SharePoint Modifications, DirectAccess (to replace traditional VPN).
Microsoft Corporation has been actively involved in several current projects which began as part of its 2011-2014 contract with Cook County. These projects all contain a core infrastructure of Microsoft-based products. Microsoft is the only vendor that can provide direct access to Microsoft product support teams, source code for current and future products, and software developers for support of our installed products.
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