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a. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute an Agreement with Integrated Archive Systems, Inc. for providing hardware, software, implementation services and ongoing hardware/software maintenance for NMC's data storage environment, with a total Agreement amount not to exceed $574,250.13 for the period February 1, 2015 through January 31, 2018.
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC to execute up to two (2) future Amendments to the Agreement which do not significantly alter the scope of work and do not cause an increase of more than ten percent (10%) of the original cost of the Agreement.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute an Agreement with Integrated Archive Systems, Inc. for providing hardware, software, implementation services and ongoing hardware/software maintenance for NMC's data storage environment, with a total Agreement amount not to exceed $574,250.13 for the period February 1, 2015 through January 31, 2018.
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC to execute up to two (2) future Amendments to the Agreement which do not significantly alter the scope of work and do not cause an increase of more than ten percent (10%) of the original cost of the Agreement.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
NMC is requesting to purchase new network storage from a vendor named Network Appliance (NetApp) to refresh the current aging storage infrastructure. NMC's IT infrastructure has recently experienced an explosion in growth in the amount of required servers, storage, and applications systems. Many of these application systems and services have been deployed to comply with Meaningful Use requirements as dictated by the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). As an example, NMC has added electronic physician documentation (Pdoc) and more than 350 new virtual desktop systems an...
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