15427 1 RESOLUTION NO. 15,427
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
4 INTO A CONTRACT WITH DELL SERVICES, IN AN AMOUNT NOT
5 TO EXCEED THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX THOUSAND, FIVE
6 HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT AND 42/100 DOLLARS ($376,558.42), PLUS
7 APPLICABLE TAXES AND FEES, FOR THE PURCHASE,
8 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION OF EQUIPMENT TO
9 PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STORAGE CAPACITY FOR THE CITY'S
10 ACTIVE-ACTIVE ENVIRONMENT; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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12 WHEREAS, the Information Technology Department has a need to enter into a contract with Dell
13 Services for the purchase, installation and configuration of additional storage capacity for the City of
14 Little Rock,Arkansas' ("City's"), Active-Active Environment; and,
15 WHEREAS, the cost of the additional storage capacity contract term will co-term with the current
16 Dell Maintenance Contract scheduled and will expire in April 2024; and,
17 WHEREAS, vendor section was made through the Arkansas State Contract No. C000000012102;
18 and,
19 WHEREAS, the contract provides for the purchase, installation and configuration of equipment to
20 provide additional storage capacity for the City's Active-Active Data Centers at a total contract cost not to
21 exceed Three Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand, Five Hundred Fifty-Eight and 42/100 Dollars
22 ($376,558.42), plus applicable shipping,taxes and fees.
23 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
24 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
25 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby authorizes the City Manager to enter into a contract with
26 Dell Services for a contract term to co-term with the existing Dell Maintenance Contract and will expire
27 in April 2024.
28 Section 2. Funding for the total contract amount of Three Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand, Five
29 Hundred Fifty-Eight and 42/100 Dollars ($376,558.42), plus applicable shipping, taxes and fees, will
30 come from the 3/8-Capital Improvement Sales Tax and Special Projects Accounts.
31 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
32 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
33 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
34 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
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1 resolution.
2 Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent
3 with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
4 ADOPTED: April 6,2021
5 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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