Finance committee approves $4.1 million Microsoft/Azure enterprise agreement and other IT contracts
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The DuPage County finance committee approved a bundled technology package including a $4,095,838.65 Microsoft enterprise agreement for software and Azure cloud services, security and licensing renewals, and other IT infrastructure contracts under a combined motion.
DuPage County’s finance committee approved a package of information-technology contracts Wednesday that included a $4,095,838.65 enterprise agreement for Microsoft software and Azure cloud services.
Member Covert moved to combine seven technology agenda items and recommended several purchases: Verizon Wireless tablet services for Sheriff’s Office ($33,510); the CDW Government Microsoft enterprise agreement covering software and Azure services for GIS and IT ($4,095,838.65); FireEye security software maintenance ($189,409); Adobe licensing through SHE International/Adobe ($155,994.59) with a Forest Preserve cost-share; enterprise content management maintenance with MHC Software ($91,930.60); an uninterruptible power supply ($83,748); and annual support/hosting for Granicus legislative management/streaming services ($45,072.22). The motion to approve the combined package passed on a voice vote.
"I move to combine 7 G 1 through 7 G 7," Member Covert said when presenting the items; members had the opportunity to ask questions before approving the bundled motion.
Committee members emphasized that the CDW purchase was procured pursuant to the governmental joint purchasing act and that the Adobe purchase would be charged back to the Forest Preserve District for its share. The combined approval positions the county to consolidate software licensing and cloud services for the next multi-year period, county staff said.
The committee also approved smaller, operational IT items in the same package, including a procurement for an uninterruptible power supply and FireEye maintenance to support cybersecurity operations.
Finance staff noted the purchases are subject to standard contracting and cooperative purchasing rules and that some items were third‑party chargebacks (Forest Preserve) or cooperative agreements to comply with procurement policy.
The technology items were approved as a block; the board did not split the Microsoft enterprise agreement for separate discussion. The committee recorded the approvals as part of routine procurement and budgetary oversight.