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a. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to execute an Agreement with Websense Inc. on behalf of the County of Monterey for the provision of software subscription for the Websense Web Security software in the amount of $34,872 for the period of March 1, 2013 through February 29, 2014;
b. Accept non-standard County liability and indemnification provisions as recommended by the Director of Information Technology; and
c. Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Office to sign up to two one-year extensions to this Agreement subject to a 10% subscription price increase limitation each year.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to execute an Agreement with Websense Inc. on behalf of the County of Monterey for the provision of software subscription for the Websense Web Security software in the amount of $34,872 for the period of March 1, 2013 through February 29, 2014;
b. Accept non-standard County liability and indemnification provisions as recommended by the Director of Information Technology; and
c. Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Office to sign up to two one-year extensions to this Agreement subject to a 10% subscription price increase limitation each year.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
As part of the development of the Internet use policies, Monterey County Information Technology (ITD) evaluated service providers of Internet content management, Internet blocking, and Internet filtering applications in 2002. This due diligence was in an effort to ensure that a reliable application capable of operating effectively on the County’s network infrastructure which includes multiple network topologies was chosen. The intent of this process was also to ensure the available Internet bandwidth was used for legitimate County business. Websense Web Security software was the product chosen and used by ITD since 2002 and is acquired through Network Computing Architects, Inc...
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