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Approve and authorize the Director of the Information Technology Department to execute Amendment No. 3 to the non-standard Agreement with CenturyLink Communications, LLC for managed hosting of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System, extending the term for an additional year, for an amended term of July 21, 2015 to June 30, 2019 and adding $941,241 to cover services for the additional year.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and authorize the Director of the Information Technology Department to execute Amendment No. 3 to the non-standard Agreement with CenturyLink Communications, LLC for managed hosting of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System, extending the term for an additional year, for an amended term of July 21, 2015 to June 30, 2019 and adding $941,241 to cover services for the additional year.
SUMMARY:
On July 21, 2015, the Board of Supervisors approved a three-year Master Agreement with CenturyLink Communications (CenturyLink) to provide managed hosting and co-location and disaster recovery services, supporting the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System for Monterey County and supporting Natividad Medical Center systems. Thereafter, in May 2017, Cyxtera Technologies, Incorporated (Cyxtera) acquired CenturyLink's co-location and disaster recovery business and took over provision of these services to the County without interruption. CenturyLink continued to provide the County with managed hosting services supporting the ERP system and Natividad Medical Center systems.
The Information Technology Department is presently exploring the option of bringing managed hosting, co-location and disaster recovery services for the ERP system and for Natividad Medical Center in-house. It anticipates that it will be able to provide these services in the first half of 2019. To avoid an auto-renewal clause in the CenturyLink Master Services Agreement that would have bound the County to a three-year t...
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