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Contract amendment to increase The Select Group contract amount to $46,168.
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Date of BOCC Meeting: October 14, 2019
Request for Board Action:
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The Board is requested to authorize the County Manager to: enter into a collaborative agreement and pay The Select Group to increase the current contract to $46,168 for the contracted services for a Microsoft Administrator to work with the IS&T Platform team and give the County Manager authority to sign subsequent renewals. This contracted position will assist in several capital improvement projects and will also serve to resources need that we currently do not have within County. The approved funding for this action is from the fiscal year 2019-2020 operational budget.
The IS&T Platform team is responsible for second and third level support within IS&T, and accountable for managing capital improvement projects for all Life Cycle Replacement of Servers, Business applications and Office 365. The IS&T Platforms team consist of six network administrators who are consistently improving the platform infrastructure by deploying enterprise application, Office 365 and servers. This fiscal the platform team plans to deploy features within Office 365 such as Forms, Planner and teams which will provide modern tool to enhance collaboration within the organization and citizen engagements. Extending this contract will continue to provide a dedicated resource to deploying these 365 tools and improve collaboration for employees throughout Durham County.
Alignment with Strategic Plan: Goal 5 - Accountable, efficient, and visionary government
Resource Persons: Antonio Davis, IT Manager-Systems; Aaron Stone, Assistant Director of Info Technology; Greg Marrow, Director of Information Technology
County Manager's Recommendation: The County Manager recommends that the Board authorize the County Manager to extend a contract with The Select Group for up to $46,168 for the contracted services for a Microso...
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