TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Chris Sternal, Director of IT
SUBJECT:
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Award of Contract to CDWG for Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure Subscription, Licensing and Hardware Support Renewal in the Amount of $101,687.68
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BACKGROUND:
Nutanix is the City's modern platform for running our server environment, combining computing power, storage, and virtualization into a single, efficient system. We rely on Nutanix because it provides a stable and secure foundation for city operations, improves performance, streamlines system management, and allows us to easily expand capacity as organizational needs grow.
CONCLUSION:
Renewing the City's Nutanix licensing is necessary to maintain reliable, secure, and fully supported operation of our core server infrastructure. The one-year renewal term totals $101,687.68 and includes required subscriptions for Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure, Unified Storage, and hardware support.
To ensure competitive pricing, this renewal is procured through the Sourcewell-State of Illinois Contract R-257160 which provides government-only discounted rates for software and support services.
This item was recommended for City Council approval by the Communication, Technology and Information Systems Committee at the May 6, 2026 meeting.
Section 2-438 of the City of Joliet Code of Ordinances states that purchases whose estimated cost is in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) may be awarded without written specifications or bidding under certain circumstances. Three of these circumstances apply:
(b) Purchases for additions to and repairs and maintenance of equipment owned by the City which may be more efficiently added to, repaired or maintained by a certain person;
(f) Purchases when authorized by a concurring vote of two-thirds of the Mayor and City Council;
(g) Purchases of professional services.
Sufficient Funds exist utilizing the Information Technology Infrastructure Repairs and Maintenance budget (Org 04013000, Object ...
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