RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION 1) WAIVING THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS; AND 2) AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE PURCHASE ORDERS TO INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES AND/OR ITS VALUE ADDED RESELLERS TO PROVIDE PROPRIETARY LICENSED SOFTWARE AND MAINTENANCE, HARDWARE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT FOR THE TERM OF JULY 1, 2010, TO JUNE 30, 2011, WITH A TOTAL COLLECTIVE FISCAL OBLIGATION BETWEEN ALL PURCHASE ORDERS NOT TO EXCEED $350,000.

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

WHEREAS, Ordinance Code Section 2.92.050 authorizes the Board of Supervisors to waive the Request for Proposals (RFP) process in any situation where the Board determines that the best interest of the County would be served without the necessity of formal proposals; and

WHEREAS, there has been presented to this Board of Supervisors for its consideration and approval a request to authorize the County Purchasing Agent without the necessity of conducting the RFP process to issue Purchase Orders to International Business Machines (IBM) and/or its value added resellers (VARs) in an amount not to exceed $350,000 to provide proprietary licensed software and maintenance, hardware maintenance and support for the term July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011; and

WHEREAS, this Board has determined it would be in the best interest of the County to authorize the waiver of the Request for Proposal (RFP) process in relation to such purchase orders given IBM’s requirements that only IBM or VARs be used for these services, and the Board hereby waives the RFP process in this regard.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the Board of Supervisors authorizes the County Purchasing Agent without the need to conduct the RFP process to issue Purchase Orders to IBM and/or its VARs for the goods and services outlined above for and on behalf of the County of San Mateo.

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