Primary Department: Purchasing
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Kimberly J. Williams, JD
Secondary Department: County Clerk
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Teneshia Hudspeth
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Supplemental RCA
Type of Request: Purchase Order
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): CDW Government LLC
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: Exempt - Interlocal/Cooperative Agreement
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable):
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Office of the Purchasing Agent for approval of The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS) purchase on the basis of low quote and that the County Judge execute an agreement with CDW Government LLC in the amount of $218,025 for Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) Software and support services for the District Clerk's Office for the period of October 30, 2025 - October 29, 2027, Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: Exempt - Interlocal/Cooperative Agreement.
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Background and Discussion:
Nearly five years ago, we invested in the Nutanix Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) platform to modernize and consolidate our production server environment. Since then, the flexibility, scalability, and intelligent performance management inherent to HCI architecture have enabled the District Clerk's Office (DCO) to proactively prevent system bottlenecks and maintain high service availability.
Nutanix remains a recognized leader in this technology space, offering continuous innovation, robust software optimization, and world-class customer support. Renewing our hardware service and software support contracts is essential to preserving the operational integrity of our production systems. These systems are the backbone of the DCO's digital services-...
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