HomeMy WebLinkAbout5/15/2002 - STAFF REPORTS (36) Date: May 15, 2002
To: City Council
From: City Librarian
REPLACE CURRENT LIBRARY COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS FOR USE WITH
CLIENT/SERVER INTEGRATED LIBRARY COMPUTER SYSTEM AT THE COST OF $59,771.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council approve the purchase, Using the Library's portion of the
Measure Y funds, of thirty PC workstations necessary for implementation of the SIRSI
client/server integrated library computer system at a unit price of $1,992.35 including tax with
total price of $59,771 from Dell Computer Systems participating in the Western States
Contracting Alliance cooperative purchase program.
SUMMARY:
The Library desires to purchase 30 13C workstations: 15 PCs to replace the staff "dumb"
terminals, which have been in place since 1989, and 15 PCs to replace PCs purchased in 1998.
The client/server technology used by all current circulation systems, including SIRSI Unicorn,
requires staff PC workstations to run the client portion of the library software; and faster, more
robust PCs for optimal performance for online public access.
BACKGROUND:
In May 1989 the Library purchased "dumb" terminals accessing a mainframe for the
implementation of the Inlex computer system. Fifteen of these remain in use at the public
service desks; but they cannot be used with current technology.
In addition, the Library is using fifteen PCs, purchased in 1998, with 333 MHz processor speed
and 64 MB RAM. Plans for future needs, as well as the installation of client/server technology
requires, for optimal performance, PCs with memory of 512 MB RAM and 2.0 GHz processor
speed at all staff and public workstations. The Library proposes to replace the fifteen "dumb"
terminals and the fifteen legacy PCs with thirty state-of-the-art PCs.
The price of $59,771 includes thirty flat panel monitors and CPUs. The Director of Procurement
and Contracting finds that purchase of these workstations through the Western States
Contracting Alliance will result in a net savings to the city as compared to the costs likely to be
obtained through the city's competitive bid process. Funding is available through Measure Y.
APPROVED:
Margar oades H134l � �i�.,/
City Librarian Director of Procurement and Contracting
City Manager
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Minute Order REVIEWED BY DEPT.OF FINANCE
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Minute Order No.
APPROVING THE PURCHASE, USING THE LIBRARY'S
PORTION OF MEASURE Y FUNDS, OF THIRTY PC
WORKSTATIONS NECESSARY FOR IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE SIRSI CLIENT/SERVER INTEGRATED LIBRARY
COMPUTER SYSTEM AT A PRICE OF $1,992.35 IN-
CLUDING TAX WITH TOTAL PRICE OF $59,771 FROM
DELL COMPUTER SYSTEMS PARTICIPATING IN THE
WESTERN STATES CONTRACTING ALLIANCE
COOPERATIVE PURCHASE PROGRAM.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that this Minute Order approving the purchase, using the
library's portion of the Measure Y funds, of thirty PC workstations necessary for
implementation of the SIRSI client/server integrated library computer system at a
unit price of$1,992.35 including tax with total price of$59,771 from Dell
Computer Systems participating in the Western States Contracting Alliance
cooperative purchase program, was adopted by the City Council of the City of
Palm Springs, California, in a meeting thereof held on the fifteenth day of May,
2002.
Patricia Sanders
City Clerk
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