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AN ORDINANCE TO WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF THE UPGRADE AND EXPANSION OF THE COMPELLENT SAN STORAGE FROM RITTER COMMUNICATIONS
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WHEREAS, the City of Jonesboro purchased software and equipment known as Compellant SAN storage, Cisco MDA Fabric Data Switches, and VMware VCenter Site Recovery Manager Five software from Ritter Communications in 2012 through Ordinance 12:026;
WHEREAS, the City of Jonesboro needs to upgrade and expand the Compellent SAN storage due to the technical growth of the system;
WHEREAS, the cost of this upgrade is $77,746.32 plus tax of $6,997.17 for a total of $84,743.49. That said sum shall be paid from the Information Systems Budget.
WHEREAS, Ritter Communications is the sole source provider of this software.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS THAT:
SECTION 1: That the City of Jonesboro shall purchase the upgrade and expansion of the Compellent SAN storage from Ritter Communications for the sum of $77,746.32 plus tax of $6,997.17 for a total of $84,743.49. That said sum shall be paid from the Information Systems budget.
SECTION 2: That the City Council in accordance with the terms of A.C.A. Section 14-58-302 hereby waives the requirement of competitive bidding and directs the purchasing agent to issue a purchase order for the above described for the price set forth in Section 1 above.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 3rd day of June, 2014.