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Approval of Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 24BCC00089 Appropriating $259,824 of General Fund Fund Balance for a Contract with SHI International Corp. for Licenses, Services and the Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft for the Durham County Sheriff's Office
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Date of BOCC Meeting: March 25, 2024
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The Board is requested to approve Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 24BCC00089 appropriating $259,824 of General Fund fund balance for a contract with SHI International Corp. for licenses, services, and the enterprise agreement with Microsoft for the Durham County Sheriff's Office.
Volume licenses for email and services will be purchased through SHI for the Sheriff's Office, per the State Convenience Contract 208C. The Microsoft Enterprise Agreement supports the DCSO's users across the suite of the Microsoft Applications and includes several cybersecurity capabilities to help protect the DCSO from Malware attacks, including failover capabilities as of result of it being Cloud-based. Software assurance is included in the Enterprise Agreement and provides a comprehensive range of benefits to help the DCSO plan, deploy, and use the latest Microsoft technologies and services. The Microsoft Enterprise Agreement keeps the DCSO in line with the shift to cloud services and best practices across private and government sectors including the City of Durham, Mecklenburg County, Wake County, Guilford County, and many other counties and municipalities throughout North Carolina.
Funding for this contract was not budgeted in the FY 2023-24 budget process. Several strategies were pursued to reallocate existing funds, but were unsuccessful. The Board recently approved and authorized the County Manager to execute the contract with SHI International Corp (#24-0034).
Alignment with Strategic Plan: Goal 3: Safe Community
Resource Persons: Keisha Gaither, Finance Manager, Durham County Sheriff's Office; Vincent Ritter, IT Director, ...
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