Florida FACTS #PO652001

The Agency for State Technology Southwood Shared Resource Center in Florida awarded EMC Corporation a purchase order totaling $1,681,762.00 for Phase 3 of the Virtual Backup Project. The contract includes procurement of hardware, system operating software, services, training, and maintenance to enhance system capacity and encryption functionalities. All work, including hardware installation, software implementation, knowledge transfer, and system expansion, must be completed and accepted by June 30, 2015. The procurement was executed via a state term contract without Request For Quote requirements, and the hardware specified includes 250 computer servers. The award aims to protect and expand the existing backup system infrastructure.

Hardware and system operating software costs of $1,681,762.00. The Agency for State Technology Southwood Shared Resource Center (SSRC) shall procure hardware, software, services, etc. to complete Phase 3 of the Virtual Backup Project, enhancing and expanding the capacity, encryption functionality, etc., of the system. Phase 3 includes required hardware, software, implementation, knowledge transfer, services, training, and maintenance to protect the TB footprint when combined with the already-implemented Phase 2 solution, which shall also be expanded. All work included on EMC Quote 1006442433 must be completed in full prior to complete payment. The purchase order includes hardware and services required for the project; related software purchase order number is referenced for payment oversight. All work must be completed and accepted by June 30, 2015.