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a. Approve and authorize the Director of Information Technology to execute a services agreement and associated schedules, equipment inventories and similar, with Lenovo Inc. for hardware maintenance and support of County-owned Lenovo equipment in the aggregate maximum amount of $900,000, not to exceed $300,000 per year, effective March 15, 2016 through March 14, 2019;
b. Accept non-standard language in the agreement provided by Lenovo Inc. as recommended by the Director of Information Technology; and
c. Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer or the Contracts Purchasing Supervisor to issue purchase orders on an as-needed basis over the next three years as recommended by the Director of Information Technology.
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Director of Information Technology to execute a services agreement and associated schedules, equipment inventories and similar, with Lenovo Inc. for hardware maintenance and support of County-owned Lenovo equipment in the aggregate maximum amount of $900,000, not to exceed $300,000 per year, effective March 15, 2016 through March 14, 2019;
b. Accept non-standard language in the agreement provided by Lenovo Inc. as recommended by the Director of Information Technology; and
c. Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer or the Contracts Purchasing Supervisor to issue purchase orders on an as-needed basis over the next three years as recommended by the Director of Information Technology.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Lenovo Inc. is a vendor that has provided hardware maintenance/support of County-owned Lenovo equipment to the County of Monterey since 2010. Lenovo Inc. acquired the IBM X Series server line to include hardware support services. This support has been provided for products purchased directly from Lenovo Inc. or purchased through a third party vendor.
The proposed Lenovo Inc. agreement allows the County of Monterey the flexibilit...
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