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Approve a renewal to an agreement with Gartner Incorporated for a 1 year subscription to its advanced planning and research services in the amount of $93,000; and Authorize the Chief Information Officer to execute the agreement
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Published Notice Required? Yes ____ No _X _
Public Hearing Required? Yes ____ No _X _
DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Information Technology recommends that the Board approve a renewal to an agreement with Gartner Incorporated for a 1 year subscription to its advanced planning and research services, in the amount of $93,000 and authorize the Chief Information Officer to execute the agreement.
SUMMARY:
Gartner Incorporated is the preeminent provider of research, benchmarking, consulting and planning services in the information technology (IT) industry. The Department has subscribed to Gartner's research and advisory services since 2010 and has used Gartner services to provide advice on IT service delivery models, staffing, service benchmarking, sourcing, contracting, technology architecture, and product selection. The Department has found the services to be extremely beneficial and has leveraged Gartner's expertise in the technology marketplace to reduce costs on products and service contracts, improve service level agreements, negotiate favorable terms and conditions and in the identification and reduction of contract risks. The Department is recommending that the agreement with Gartner be renewed for the next year. The license agreement is included as Attachment A.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There are sufficient budget appropriations for this service in the Department of Information Technology's FY2018/2019 budget. The costs associated with preparing the agenda item are nominal and absorbed within the department's FY2018/19 Adopted Budget.
DISCUSSION:
The Department is requesting approval to renew the County's subscription to Gartner Inc.'s research services for 2019-2020. The Department has...
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