The Town's existing notebook and Desktop computers were purchased and installed in 2017. They have reached the end of their useful lives. This purchase is funded out of the Information Technology Equipment Replacement Fund (ITERF). ITERF was established to accumulate sufficient resources to allow the Town to replace systems, including hardware and software, on a regular basis to be adequately responsive to the increasing demands on the network. ITERF resources are acquired through charges to the operating budgets of departments on an annual basis. Charges are calculated based on the total number of users.
The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) is responsible for a cooperative contracts program that enables government entities to efficiently pool their purchasing power to drive down costs. This program provides an effective procurement channel for thousands of public sector entities across Texas. DIR simplifies the procurement process for public sector entities throughout the state by releasing a Request for Proposal (RFP) and choosing vendors at the state level who can be selected by state agencies and local governments without issuing an RFP. We requested proposals from three (3) DIR Vendors (Lenovo, SHI Government Solutions, Inc. and CDW-G), SHI Government Solutions, Inc. offered the most cost-effective solution.
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