Primary Department: Purchasing
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Paige McInnis
Secondary Department: Toll Road Authority
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Roberto Trevino
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Amendment
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Fortra, LLC
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 0%
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: 0% - Non-Divisible
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request that the County Judge execute an amendment to a settlement agreement with Fortra, LLC in the additional amount of $95,096 for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Managed Security (MSS) Solutions for the Toll Road Authority for the extended period of August 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025, Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: 0% - Non-Divisible.
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Background and Discussion:
This amendment is for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Managed Security (MSS) solutions for the Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA). This contract is a critical piece of HCTRA’s PCI compliance which provides storage of logs, review of data, vulnerability scanning, and escalation of possible malicious activity. Fortra, LLC enables the Information Security Team to focus on the escalated events, decreasing the time spent on false positives
Expected Impact:
This amendment increases funding and extends the services to December 31, 2025 to allow time to complete the rebid. Continuation of these services will allow optimization of HCTRA’s data management by providing support, review, and storing logs generated by critical HCTRA hardware.
Alternative Options:
No other recommended solution for this identified need.
County Strategic Plan Goal: N/A
County Strategic Plan Objective: Choose an item.
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1): N/A
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2): N/A
Economy Initiative (Goal 3): N/A
Health Initiative (Goal 4): N/A
Climate/Resilience Initiative (Goal 5): N/A
Housing Initiative (Goal 6): N/A
Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan:
Prior Court Action (if any):
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Date |
Agenda Item # |
Action Taken |
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12/17/2019 |
23.d.13.o |
Contract Award |
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12/1/2020 |
20.c.9.d |
Renewal No. 1 |
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1/4/2022 |
171 |
Renewal No. 2 |
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1/31/2023 |
277 |
Renewal No. 3 |
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2/27/2024 |
291 |
Renewal No. 4 |
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3/27/2025 |
441 |
New Agreement to extend services until July 31, 2025 and a settlement to pay for services rendered from December 2024 through March 2025 |
Location: N/A
Address (if applicable): N/A
Precinct(s): Choose an item.
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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IT Services and Operations |
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Additional Budget Request (Requires Fiscal Review Request Form) |
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Anticipated Court Date: 7/10/2025
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): Click or tap to enter a date.
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Tamara Tippey, IT Risk and Security Manager, Harris County Toll Road Authority; Margaret Obot, Sourcing Manager, Purchasing
Attachments (if applicable): Letter, Amendment