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Agenda Item - 4.e.


City of Garden Grove


INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM

To:Scott C. Stiles

From:Anand Rao
Dept.:City Manager 

Dept.: Information Technology 
Subject:

Rejection of all bids received for two F5 load balancers and authorize the Purchasing Agent to re-advertise for RFP No. S-1245.  (Action Item)

Date:3/26/2019
OBJECTIVE

To receive City Council approval to reject all bids received and authorize the Purchasing Agent to re-advertise RFP No. S-1245 for two (2) F5 load balancers.

BACKGROUND

Staff solicited bids for two (2) F5 load balancers and received two (2) proposals.  Load balancers ensure reliability and availability by monitoring the "health" of applications and only sending requests to servers and applications that can respond in a timely manner.

DISCUSSION

The specifications for the F5 load balancers required for the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Project were updated after RFP No. S-1245 was released, therefore staff seeks to adjust the parameters of the bid and re-advertise.
FINANCIAL IMPACT

None.
RECOMMENDATION

It is recommended that the City Council:

 

  • Reject all bids received for RFP No. S-1245; and

 

  • Authorize the Purchasing Agent to re-advertise for bids for two (2) F5 load balancers.