HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01212014 - C.29RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Health Services Department, to execute a Purchase
Order with R-Computer, in the amount of $113,000 for maintenance and upgrades on IBM servers and related
equipment software, for the period from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% Funding is included in the Enterprise Fund I Budget.
BACKGROUND:
Health Services Department has had IBM Lotus Notes support since 2000 and would like to continue support for its
email systems. R-Computer has provided this renewal in the past and the Department would like to continue using
them. R-Computer will provide the Department the renewal licenses that provide support for seven Lotus Notes email
servers that run Lotus software for over 3000 email accounts, Sametime instant messaging, and other support
applications that run on these servers.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 01/21/2014 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: David Runt, 313-6228
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 21, 2014
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc: T Scott, C Rucker, T Benedict
C. 29
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:January 21, 2014
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Approval of Purchase Order with R-Computer
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the Purchase Order is not approved the software would not be covered on a maintenance contract and when an
incident occurs, IBM will not support us. This may cause extended downtimes impacting healthcare operations.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.