Council approval to issue a purchase order to ConvergeOne Inc, in the amount of $121,431.75 for a Network Hardware Update for the Courtney Bend Water Plant for the Water Department.

Council approval to issue a purchase order.

The Water Department is in need of replacement of the plant’s network and server hardware located at the Courtney Bend Water Plant. The local servers host Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) backup data and other file backups throughout the plant. Tech Services has recommended all hardware be updated to keep up with the technology requirements in Water industry. This upgrade will help with future updates and keep the plant up to date with all future Cybersecurity practices. Technology changes daily and this hardware will help keep the Water Treatment in line with up to date technology hardware.

The provider for the hardware, ConvergeOne Inc, holds a IT Goods and Support - KCMO Schools IT C062518 Cooperative Procurement Contract. The cooperative purchasing provisions of paragraph 5 of the Independence City Code allows for the purchase of items competitively bid by other governmental entities.

Approval of this item shall authorize change orders up to a total of ten (10) percent of the authorized amount for each order, provided appropriations are available.