The Dallas City Council will meet next week, and its discussion will include four purchases through cooperative contracts, including offerings through the state’s Department of Information Resources (DIR).
The largest is a $37.8 million Carahsoft Technology agreement for using Salesforce’s Enterprise Business Information and Process Automation Management System. This is through a DIR contract.
The second largest is a four-year agreement for FirstNet services worth $23.9 million. This will provide first responders with wireless devices and mobile services. AT&T would provide this programming via a DIR contract.
SHI Government Solutions is on deck to provide a $16.7 million Microsoft Government Enterprise Agreement. Again, this would be through DIR and will provide licensing and support for OS and production.
The city will also spend about $16.7 million for Cisco equipment and SmartNet maintenance via The Interlocal Purchasing System, otherwise called TIPS.
Dallas’ IT budget is $174 million for IT services, and the bulk of the monies listed here are from its Data Services Fund.
City of Dallas Plans to Authorize Multimillions for IT
The City Council has roughly $95 million earmarked for communications and software on its next agenda.
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