Department: Universal Services
Department Head: Sindhu Menon, Executive Director & CIO
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Investment Memo
Investment Memo Type: Final Investment Memo
Project Name: Network Repair-Replace
Project ID (if applicable): NI009
Vendor Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Current Achievement (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Managing Entity: Universal Services
Incremental Authorization Requested: $4,912,000
Total Estimated Project Cost: $8,979,000 (FY25 & FY26, 2-year total estimate)
Request Summary:
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Request for approval of a Final Investment Memo for the Network Repair-Replace project for an FY2025 authorization of $4,912,000.
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Project Description:
This project replaces and modernizes network equipment including routers, switches, firewalls, load-balancers, remote-access VPNs, wireless access points and controllers, IP Television, uninterruptible power supplies, and related solutions within the data centers and across 250+ county site locations. Network equipment is replaced on an approximate 7-year cycle, requiring the replacement of approximately 300 switches and 400 wireless access points per year. Data center network systems would continuously need to be expanded in capacity due to the constant increase of the County's needs. This project also includes enhancements to the availability and redundancy of systems supported which would require additional expansion of these systems to better provide modern services as well as increased capacity when required.
Project Scope:
The scope of this project is to modernize County's networking equipment and services in the data centers and across 250+ county site locations. The project scope does not include the addition of new locations or business-driven changes, which are funded by other projects.
For FY25, US will be replacing site switche...
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