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Approval to enter into a contract with Robert Half in the amount of $210,000.00 to secure contracted services for an IT Systems Administrator.
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Date of BOCC Meeting: June 24, 2024
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The Board is requested to authorize the County Manager to enter into a contract with Robert Half in the amount of $210,000.00 using current fiscal year (2023-2024) IS&T operations funding. The IS&T Platform team is responsible for second and third level support within IS&T. In addition, the team is accountable for managing operational and capital improvement projects for all storage area networks, replacement of servers, business applications and Microsoft Office 365. The IS&T Platforms team consist of systems and database administrators who are consistently improving the platform infrastructure by deploying storage area networks, enterprise applications, Office 365 and servers. In the coming months, the platform team plans to deploy and update storage area networks, servers and business applications to support ongoing efforts of the County disaster recovery project. The infrastructure upgrades provide a modernized and leading-edge platform that will support next generation disaster recovery and business continuity capabilities for Durham County. This additional resource is needed for a successful deployment as well as initial implementation and maintenance.
Alignment with Strategic Plan: Goal 5 - Accountable, efficient, and visionary government
Resource Persons: Greg Marrow, CIO; Tamara Minor, Senior IT Business Specialist
County Manager's Recommendation: The County Manager recommends that the Board authorize the County Manager to enter into a contract with Robert Half in the amount of $210,000.00 to secure contracted services for an IT Systems Administrator using IS&T current fiscal year 2023-2024 operations funding. The County Manager also recommends the Board allow the County Manager to sign off on subseque...
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