Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Approve the Agreement with Presidio Network Solutions for the CrowdStrike Falcon Complete w/ Threat Graph Standard +300.
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Submitted By: Robyn Holder, CPPB, Procurement Management Division (PMD).
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of a high-performing city government organization.
Summary Brief (Agreements/Contracts only)
1. Prepared by: Robyn Holder, CPPB (PMD).
2. Parties: City of Port St. Lucie and Presidio Network Solutions.
3. Purpose: To provide expert security analysis to manage, monitor, respond to, and remediate threats.
4. New/Renewal/Modified: New.
5. Duration: 3-year agreement beginning November 2023 through November 2026.
6. Benefits to Port St. Lucie: To provide public assurance of the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information from the City’s information systems.
7. Cost to Port St. Lucie (Annual and Potential): The three (3) year expenditure will be $131,619.49 per year for a total of $394,858.46.
Presentation Information: N/A.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council waive the bidding, per Chapter 35.08(a)(22) (sole source exception), and approve the Agreement with Presidio Network Solutions for the CrowdStrike Falcon Complete System.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve to waive the bidding, per Chapter 35.08(a)(22) (sole source exception), and approve the Agreement with Presidio Network Solutions.
2. Move that the Council not approve the Agreement with Presidio Network Solutions and provide staff with direction.
Background: CrowdStrike Falcon Complete provides expert security analysis to manage, monitor, respond to, and remediate threats. CrowdStrike Falcon Complete provides 24/7/365 security operations center (SOC) services that stops breaches every hour of every day, through expert management, threat hunting, monitoring, and remediation, which is all backed by CrowdStrike’s breach prevention warranty. The Falcon Complete team is comprised of seasoned security professionals with experience in incident handling, incident response, digital forensics, SOC analysis, identity protection, and IT administration. To continue licensing support with CrowdStrike Falcon Complete, to ensure and continue to protect the information, people, processes, and technology the City employs to conduct daily business, the new 3-year agreement is a necessity.
Issues/Analysis: Staff has reviewed the new agreement and finds the cost to be fair and reasonable for the services provided.
Financial Information: Funds are appropriated in the General Fund / Information Technology / Operating Supplies (#001-1320-552000-00000).
Special Consideration: N/A.
Location of Project: N/A.
Attachments:
1. New 3-year Agreement with Presidio Network Solutions.
NOTE: All of the listed items in the “Attachment” section above are in the custody of the City Clerk. Any item(s) not provided in City Council packets are available upon request from the City Clerk.
Internal Reference Number: 23318-02
Legal Sufficiency Review:
Reviewed by Alyssa Lunin, Deputy City Attorney. Approved as to Legal form and sufficiency by Richard Berrios, Interim City Attorney.