Title
Purchase of Oracle Licenses for the Public Transit Department (Ordinance S-43253)
Description
Request an ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to purchase additional Oracle Database, Real Application Clusters, and Oracle Database Cloud Services licenses from Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle, Vendor 3013727) off of the City's Oracle Master Agreement (City Contract 142562). Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds in an amount not to exceed $330,906.
Report
Summary
Current Public Transit Department databases are running on unsupported hardware which results in a risk of failure. Department staff is working with the Information Technology Services Department to migrate the databases to the City's IO Data Center co-located facility with newer and more reliable hardware; however, additional Oracle licenses are required for the move. The purchase of these licenses has the added benefit of enabling the Department to provide high system availability rates and greater performance for its Oracle databases, which currently house the region's transit software programs (HASTUS, Trapeze/PASS, and the Regional Fare Collection System). The Department will then utilize the City's Information Technology Operations Center as a fail-over site for additional reliability and business continuity. Citywide, the consolidation of servers using the City's IO Data Center reduces information technology hardware replacement costs.
Financial Impact
The total purchase shall not exceed $330,906. Funds are available in the Public Transit Department's Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budget using Transportation 2050 funds.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
City Council authorized Information Technology Services to establish the City's Oracle Master Agreement, Contract 142562, on Oct. 21, 2015 for a three-year term beginning Oct. 25, 2015, with two one-year extension options. This item has been reviewed and approved by the Information Technology Services Department.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Public Transit Department.