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AN ORDINANCE TO WAIVE COMPETITVE BIDDING AND AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF SOFTWARE AND EQUIPMENT FROM RITTER COMMUNICATIONS OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
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WHEREAS, the City of Jonesboro needs to create a computer efficient/disaster recovery site which will allow the City of Jonesboro to resume operations in the event of a disaster; And
WHEREAS, the software and equipment, known as the Compellent SAN storage , Cisco MDS Fabric Data Switches, and VMware VCenter Site Recovery Manger Five software, will provide the means to restore servers, backup data, restore connnections with local area networks (LAN) and wide area networks (WAN) in the event of a disaster; And
WHEREAS, the software and equipment is a scalable system which allows for technical growth in the future; And
WHEREAS, Ritter Communications is the sole source provider of the software and necessary equipment.
BE IT THEREFORE ORDAINED, by the City Council for the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, that
Section 1. The software and equipment shall be purchased from Ritter Communications for the sum of $189,763.98 to be paid from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant; at no cost to the City of Jonesboro.
Section 2. That the City Council in accordance with the terms of A.C.A. Section 14-58-302 does hereby waive the requirement of competitive bidding and authorizes the purchase of the described Compellent SAN storage , Cisco MDS Fabric Data Switches, and VMware VCenter Site Recovery Manger Five Software.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 5th day of June, 2012.