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• <br /> • <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. g, <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> meeting Date: MARCH 8, 1989 <br /> SUBJECT: BID AWARD: COMPUTER MAINFRAME <br /> DEPARTMENT: DATA PROCESSING/PURCHASING PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO:XX <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: PAM JONES <br /> OR KEITH BROOKS <br /> REPORT Telephone Number- <br /> ALTERNATE PROPOSAL Hillsborough -732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill -967-9251 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider awarding a bid to Infocel , Inc. for computer <br /> mainframe hardware. <br /> BACKGROUND: Proposals to supply hardware and software requirements <br /> were received from two vendors. <br /> The critical issues to be addressed by new or upgraded hardware <br /> included: <br /> . .Current performance needs; <br /> . .Office Automation; <br /> . .PC Connectivity; <br /> . .GIS; <br /> . .Communications ability. <br /> The option chosen will upgrade one of the existing McDonnell Douglas <br /> computers to a 9250 Minicomputer and will replace the other with a <br /> PRIME 4050 Supermini computer. The recommended equipment will allow <br /> current needs to be served as well as will provide area for future <br /> growth. The maximum expenditure of $274, 635 will be financed through a <br /> five year lease purchase agreement. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: To purchase one McDonnell Douglas 9250 Minicomputer <br /> System and one PRIME 4050 Supermini computer system as specified on the <br /> attached proposal from Infocel , Inc. , for a sum not to exceed $274, 635 . <br /> 6 <br />