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a. Approve and authorize the Director of Information Technology or his designee to execute a non-standard agreement with De Lage Landen Public Finance LLC Lease Agreement for Cisco Meraki Advance Security Licenses and support services for a five (5) year term September 15, 2020 - September 14, 2025 with an agreement total of $114,682;
b. Accept the non-standard provisions as recommended by the Director of Information Technology; and
c. Authorize the Director of Information Technology, or his designee, to execute order forms and such documents as are necessary to implement the agreement for the County's purchase of Meraki support.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Director of Information Technology or his designee to execute a non-standard agreement with De Lage Landen Public Finance LLC Lease Agreement for Cisco Meraki Advance Security Licenses and support services for a five (5) year term September 15, 2020 - September 14, 2025 with an agreement total of $114,682;
b. Accept the non-standard provisions as recommended by the Director of Information Technology; and
c. Authorize the Director of Information Technology, or his designee, to execute order forms and such documents as are necessary to implement the agreement for the County's purchase of Meraki support.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Cisco Meraki, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cisco Systems ("Cisco") is the leader in Cloud-controlled wireless or WiFi, The County uses Cisco Meraki for its wireless solution since 2012. De Lage Landen is one of Cisco's finance partners that underwrites lease and finance transactions with customers in the public sector.
The annual support and maintenance renewal for the Cisco Meraki system that County uses currently costs $64,853 per year. After a competitive bidding process in 2020, County IT department (ITD) selected and negotiated a new agreement with Cisco that will give County a deeply discounted suppor...
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