HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Contract for purchase of Servers for Information Technology Division RESOLUTION NO. 17-586
RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT FOR PURCHASE OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE SERVERS
FOR THE CITY OF AMES
WHEREAS, the City uses magnetic tape as part of the City data backup and recovery
operations, and the use of tape as a backup medium is an older technology with long backup times
and is susceptible to damaged tapes and lost data; and,
WHEREAS, it is also difficult and time-consuming to locate and restore data from a tape,
and a solution to the problems inherent to magnetic tape backup is to move to a disk-based backup
and recovery solution; and,
WHEREAS, approved in the FY 2016/2017 budget and carried over to FY 2017/2018 is a
$49,274 project to add a disk-based backup and recovery for the City's Intel-based servers; and,
WHEREAS, funding for the servers will come from a larger pool of funding budgeted for
City technology equipment replacement and improvements; and,
WHEREAS, moving from tape to disk-based backups improves reliability, greatly reduces
potential data loss, and decreases file restoration times; and,
WHEREAS, as part of this disk-based solution, the City needs to acquire two storage servers;
the primary storage server will be at City Hall, and the backup storage server will be at the new
Water Treatment Plant; and,
WHEREAS, seven bids were received on August 30, 2017, and OneNeck IT Solutions of
Urbandale, Iowa, submitted the lowest bid in the amount of$51,287.93.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,
that award of contract to OneNeck IT Solutions of Urbandale, Iowa, for the purchase if Hewlett
Packard Servers for the Information Technology Division in the amount of $51,287.93 is hereby
approved.
ADOPTED THIS 261' day of September, 2017.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor
Introduced by: Corrieri
Seconded by: Gartin
Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin,Nelson, Orazem
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 26t'' day of September, 2017.