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AN ORDINANCE TO WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND AUTHORIZE UPGRADE OF MICROSOFT EXCHANGE SERVER 2016 LICENSES
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council for the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas that:
SECTION ONE: That the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas has a need to upgrade its Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 licenses.
SECTION TWO: The Information Systems department has been purchasing licenses from SHI International since 2014, and may upgrade the needed licenses from them for the sum of $24,780.00 with monies previously appropriated in the 2018 General Fund Budget.
SECTION THREE: A change in vendor would necessitate the migration of all active Microsoft licenses to the new vendor.
SECTION FOUR: That the City Council in accord with the terms of A.C.A. Section 14-58-303 hereby waives the requirement of competitive bidding since the purchase is an only source and directs the Purchasing Agent to purchase the above described for the price set forth in Section 2 above.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 20th day of February, 2018.