Primary Department: Universal Services
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Sindhu Menon, Executive Director and CIO
Managing Department: Universal Services
Managing Department Head/Elected Official: Sindhu Menon, Executive Director and CIO
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Investment Memo
Investment Memo Type: Final Investment Memo
Project Name: Infrastructure Enhancement & Replacements
Project ID (if applicable): NI008
Vendor Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Achievement (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item
Incremental Authorization Requested: $1,827,000
Total Estimated Project Cost: $4,000,000 (FY26 & FY27)
Request Summary:
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Request for approval of a Final Investment Memo for the Infrastructure Enhancements & Replacements project, for an incremental authorization of $1,827,000 for a total authorization of $1,927,000 for FY2026 and commercial paper funding in the amount of $1,000,000.
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Project Description:
The project is for the ongoing replacement, and expansion of Harris County's (HC) compute (virtualization), storage, monitoring, and backup infrastructure that supports all of our enterprise services. These services include but are not limited to the following systems: PeopleSoft, Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD), JWeb, Email, Active Directory Services, etc. This project also includes enhancements to the redundancy and availability of systems supported which would require additional expansion of these systems to better provide modern services as well as increased capacity when required.
Anticipated Project Expenditures and Timeline:
Project Scope Breakdown
Estimated Cost
Estimated Completion
Disaster Recovery Site Build Out
$1,701,000
09/30/2026
UCS2 Chassis Repla...
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