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RESOLl.ITION NO. !l!J.
SERIES OF 2015
A RESOLUTION FOR AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NETWORK
INFRASTRUCTUREUPGRADEBYSOLESOURCEFORTHELITTLETON/ENGLEWOOD
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (UE WWTP).
WHEREAS, Section l l 6(b) of the Englewood Home Rule Charter and Section 4-1-3-1 of the
Englewood Municipal Code 2000, allow contracts for public works or improvements to be
negotiated, provided that contracts for which no competitive bids have been requested to be
approved by resolution declaring the reason for the exception to the competitive bidding
requirement; and
WHEREAS, the UE WWTP It infrastructure is simultaneously, with the City IT
infrastructure, undergoing a significant hardware overhaul due primarily to end-of-life and out of
service hardware, upgrades in operating systems, cabling and cable management; and
WHEREAS, this will allow UE WWTP to take advantage of the infrastructure, allow future
network expansion and improve network performance; and
WHEREAS, this solution will align with the City IT Department specifications for enterprise
hardware and will provide IlE WWTP IT staff with redundancy for network support from City
staff, should a failure occur when IlE staff is unavailable; and
WHEREAS, the project will also provide future opportunity form improved disaster recovery
between the two facilities; and
WHEREAS, this project will include upgrades for the Storage Area Network, Data Link
Upgrade, Cabling, Access Layer Switches to facilitate environment stability and future growth,
the total Project cost for Fiscal Year 2015 will be $204,000 with a recurring human capital cost of
$96,000 annually for Fiscal Year 2016; and
WHEREAS, 24/7 Networks was selected as a sole source provider to protect environment
security and standardization among existing hardware infrastructure components; and
WHEREAS, funding for this project is contained in the 2015 Business Services budget, based
on the best available information at the time, a total of $91,000 was budgeted for hardware and
professional services for this project; and
WHEREAS, the Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant (UE WWTP) Supervisory
Committee recommended on March 17, 2015, an Information Technology Network Infrastructure
Upgrade Project using the State of Colorado Contract pricing, for the replacement of Network
Switches and related software and maintenance support; and
WHEREAS, Staff recommends proceeding with the Information Technology Network
Infrastructure Upgrade Project in the amount of $204,000 (per the 50/50 agreement Englewood's
share will be $102,000).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TIIE CITY OF
ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Englewood C i ty Council hereby authorizes proceeding with the Information
Technology Network Infrastructure Upgrade Project in the amount of $204,000 (per the 50/50
agreement Englewood's share will be $102,000).
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 6th day of April, 2015.
Penn, Mayor
L Loucrishia A. Ellis, City Clerk for ~rfity of Englewood, Colorado, hereby certify the
above is a true copy of Resolution No.~ Series of 2015.
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COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
Date Agenda Item Subject
April 6, 2015 11 C ii L/E wwrP Network
Infrastructure Project
INITIATED BY STAFF SOURCE
Littleton/Englewood WWTP Supervisory Frank Gryglewicz, Director Finance, Administrative
Committee Support, IT and HR
Kenny Hollis, Information Technology Manager
COUNCIL GOAL AND PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
Council approval of IT Network Infrastructure Upgrade -October 21, 2013
Council approval of the 2014 Littleton/Englewood wwrP Capital Infrastructure Budget
Council approval of the L/E WWTP Network Infrastructure Project -Switch Replacement -April 21, 2014.
Council approval of the l/E WWTP Network Infrastructure Project -NetApp Replacement-July 7, 2014.
RECOMMENDED ACTION f-ri"'~:
The Littleton/Englewood astewater Treatment Plant Supervisory Committee recommended on March 1 7,
201 S, Council approv n Information Technology Network Infrastructure Upgrade Project for replacement
of Network Switches and related software and maintenance support at the Littleton/Englewood WWTP.
Staff recommends Council approve a resolution awarding the contract to 24/7 Networks in the amount of
$204,000 (per the 50/50 agreement the Englewood share will be $102,000). 24/7 was selected as a sole
source provider to protect environment security and standardization among existing hardware
infrastructure components.
BACKGROUND, ANALYSIS, AND ALTERNATIVES IDENTIFIED
The l/E WWfP IT infrastructure is simultaneously, with the City IT infrastructure, undergoing a significant
hardware overhaul due primarily to end-of-life and out of service hardware, upgrades in operating systems,
cabling and cable management This will allow l/E WWTP to take advantage of the 10Gb infrastructure,
allow future network expansion and improve network performance.
This solution will align with the City IT Department specifications for enterprise hardware and will provide
l/E WWTP IT staff with redundancy for network support from City staff, should a failure occur when L/E
staff is unavailable. The project will also provide future opportunity for improved disaster recovery between
the two facilities. State of Colorado contract pricing will be used for project purchases.
This project will include upgrades for the Storage Area Network, 10gb Data Link Upgrade, Cabling, Access
Layer Switches to facilitate environment stability and future growth. The total Project cost for FY 2015 will
be $204,000 with a recurring human capital cost of ~$96,000 annually for FY2016. Funding for this project
is contained in the 2015 Business Services budget Based on the best available information at the time, a
total of $91,000 was budgeted for hardware and professional services for this project.
Cost Breakdown:
• Cabling•
• Switches-
• Desktop/Server Operating Systems •
• Network Resource -
• Cisco Annual Maintenance •
• 15% Cost Contingency •
• Project Total•
$27,000
$34,000
$14,000
$96,000
$ 3,000
S 30,000
$204,000
This project was approved by the L/E WWTP Supervisory Committee at the March 19, 2015 meeting.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Funds for this project are included in the 2015 L/E WWfP budget and as a Capital Infrastructure Project
and will be shared 50/50 by the Cities of Englewood and Littleton.
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