Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: George Tablack
Department: Finance and Administrative Services Division: Purchasing
Information
Requested Action
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MOTION TO APPROVE sole source, sole brand standardization of Adobe Inc., software licenses, subscriptions, and cloud services, for the Enterprise Technology Services Division and other using agencies and offices.
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Why Action is Necessary
In accordance with the Broward County Procurement Code, Section 21.54.c, the Board is required to approve all standardizations greater than the award authority of the Director of Purchasing; and Section 21.43, the Board is required to approve all contracts for supplies or services of more than five years.
What Action Accomplishes
Provides the standardization of the Adobe suite of products and services for the Enterprise Technology Services Division and other using agencies and offices.
Is this Action Goal Related
Yes
Previous Action Taken
None.
Summary Explanation/Background
THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE PURCHASING DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.
This item supports the Board's Value of "Consistently delivering responsive, efficient, quality services to the public and internal customers"; and its Goal to "Build into every process and service effective checks and balances that do not cause inefficiency, but rather ensure consistency, continuity, and quality".
Adobe Inc. is a registered entity in the State of Florida. It is also the current provider of Portable Document Format (PDF) standardized software and associated publishing applications that reside on County workstations, laptop computers and other devices serving County operations across the enterprise.
Since 1993, the County built business processing on, and around, the International Standardization Organization-certified PDF standard. This recognized standard provides a wide range of products for the creation of PDF documents...
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