Title
Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to issue a purchase order to Dell Marketing, L.P. for firewall hardware and related service agreement.
Body
This item is for the purchase of Fortinet redundant security appliances for the City Hall and Police Datacenters. These devices will replace and consolidate our existing legacy Cisco firewalls and Barracuda internet filters into a single device providing advanced firewall and internet filtering capabilities at each of our internet entry points. This will help us better manage our security policies and provide better visibility into threats and suspicious activity.
We field tested products from Cisco, Palo Alto and Fortinet and found that the Fortinet option will provide us with the best mix of features and functionality for the cost. This will be a DIR contract purchase with Dell Technologies and will be funded by the FY18 Technology fund. The total cost of the project is $186,505.07 which includes hardware, installation, training and the first 3 years of maintenance. Maintenance renewal cost for years 4-6 will be approximately $46,000.00.
Cost: $186,505.07
Source of Funds: General Self-Financed Construction (IT Bucket)