Primary Department: Purchasing
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Kimberly J. Williams, JD
Secondary Department: Toll Road Authority
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Roberto Trevino
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Renewal
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): SHI Government Solutions, Inc.
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): Choose an item.
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of an OMNIA Partners, Public Sector Cooperative Purchasing Program renewal option with SHI Government Solutions, Inc. for Centrify server suite software services for the Toll Road Authority for the period of December 11, 2026 - December 10, 2027, at a cost of $300,557, Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: Exempt- Interlocal/Cooperative Agreement.
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Background and Discussion:
Centrify is used by the Toll Road Authority to support controlling access to servers and providing granular role based access to UNIX systems. It also provides multifactor authentication for server administration as well as auditing capabilities. It also provides the capability of managing privileged account passwords and having an approval workflow that allows users to check out passwords to the privileged accounts for a period of time and automatically rotating the passwords after the allotted time.
Expected Impact:
Continued security of HCTRA's servers through role based access controls to UNIX systems and multifactor authentication for both UNIX and select Windows systems.
Alternative Options:
Local users which creates additional administrative burden.
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