File #: 23-601    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 10/27/2023 In control: Public Works Committee
On agenda: Final action: 12/4/2023
Title: AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH EPLUS FOR THE PURCHASE OF REPLACEMENT HARDWARE AND CONSULTING SERVICES AND AMENDING THE 2023 ALBANY COUNTY BUDGET
Sponsors: Public Works Committee
Attachments: 1. RLA Cover Letter - ARPA Funding - Firewall Project.pdf, 2. RLA FORM 4792, 3. TMP_4792_Budget_Amendment_DIS_Firewall_Project.pdf, 4. Palo Alto - ePlus - Cover Page - TA with SAM#.pdf, 5. ePlus - Palo Alto Quote - Final.pdf, 6. Attachment Federal Contract Clauses County of Albany - ePlus.pdf, 7. Reso 23-305 (DIS Firewall).pdf, 8. 23-601 PW 5 - TMP - 4792 - Authorizing_Agreement_ePlus_for_Purchsase_of_Replacement_Internet_Hardware_&_Consulting_Services

RESOLUTION NO. 601

 

AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH EPLUS FOR THE PURCHASE OF REPLACEMENT HARDWARE AND CONSULTING SERVICES AND AMENDING THE 2023 ALBANY COUNTY BUDGET

 

Introduced:  12/4/23

                     By Public Works Committee:

 

WHEREAS, By Resolution No. 305, this Honorable Body authorized the disbursement of American Rescue Plan Act funding in the amount of $336,000 to the Albany County Division of Information Services regarding hardware and consultation services to replace internet firewalls and improving infrastructure speed and reliability, for a term commencing immediately and ending December 31, 2025, and

 

                     WHEREAS, The Commissioner of the Department of Management and Budget has requested authorization to enter into an agreement with ePlus for the purchase of replacement County internet firewalls and improving  infrastructure speed and reliability in an amount not to exceed $380,000 for a term commencing October 27, 2023 and ending December 31, 2025, and

 

WHEREAS, The Commissioner has indicated that due to changes in the scope of the project, a 2023 Albany County Budget amendment in the amount of $44,000 is necessary for the project, now, therefore, be it

 

                     RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the County Executive is authorized to enter into an agreement with ePlus, Herndon, VA 20171, for the purchase of replacement County internet firewalls and improving infrastructure speed and reliability in an amount not to exceed $380,000 for a term commencing October 27, 2023 and ending December 31, 2025, and, be it further

 

                     RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature, that the 2023 Albany County Budget is amended as follows:

 

Increase Revenue Account CM.1301C.04089Z.APR23 by $44,000

 

Increase Appropriation Account CM.1301C.22050Z.APR23 by $44,000

 

RESOLVED, That the County Attorney is authorized to approve said agreement as to form and content, and, be it further

 

                     RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the County Legislature is directed to forward certified copies of this resolution to the appropriate County Officials.