TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary documents with Dell Marketing, LP (Dell), utilizing the approved Dell Master Purchase Agreement No. 28280, for the purchase of personal computers, in an amount not to exceed $1,571,000; and
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a lease-purchase agreement, and related financing documents, with Banc of America Public Capital Corporation, of San Francisco, CA, for the financing of personal computers, in an amount not to exceed $1,697,500 including escrow fees, principal, and interest, payable over a five-year period. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to execute all documents necessary to purchase personal computers utilizing approved Dell Master Purchase Agreement No. 28280, and also execute a lease-purchase agreement through the City’s Master Lease Agreement with Banc of America Public Capital Corporation (BAPCC), for the financing of personal computers for a five-year period.
Due to changing business and technology needs stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, a transition to remote work, and the need for increased technology access when conducting mobile and field work, the City is encouraging an increased use of laptops that will take up less space, require less electricity, enable employee mobility, and still have the computing power to run all existing City applications. The new computers, along with associated peripheral devices, align with redesigned desktop experience standards that focus on mobility, online collaboration, and equipping City staff with industry standard productivity tools. The cost for personal computer replacements are included in the City’s ongoing annual computer replacement cycle program and, as a result, funding will be included in the Proposed Fiscal Year 2022 (FY 22) Budget.
The Technology and Innovation Department (TI) implemented a program to replace all City-owned computers after a five-year use to reflect ind...
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