Title
Contract Extension for Disaster Recovery Services (Ordinance S-43590)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to extend the contract with SunGard Availability Services, LP (Contract 131627) for information technology (IT) disaster recovery services in an amount not to exceed $178,332. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The Offsite Disaster Recovery Services contract with SunGard provides the City with ready-to-use technology infrastructure from which the City can recover critical business applications in the event of a disaster. Maintaining disaster recovery services ensures that systems supporting critical City processes and services can be resumed within a short period of time in the event of a disaster. Services include alternate locations, reserved computer systems, planning, and communication tools in North America from which to recover critical City business applications in the event that a disaster makes City-owned technology infrastructure inoperable.
Procurement Information
The current contract was competitively procured through a Request for Proposals in October 2010. A total of three proposals were received and evaluated, with SunGard rated the highest and being selected as the best overall proposal.
Contract Term
On March 16, 2011, the City Council approved the contract with an initial term that began May 1, 2011. All options to extend have been exercised. This request is to extend the contract an additional year, ending May 1, 2018.
Financial Impact
Funding is budgeted in the Information Technology Services and Municipal Court departments’ budgets, for an amount not to exceed $178,332.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Information Technology Services Department.