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17. SOLE SOURCE INCREASE TO CONTRACT 07107 FOR BULL JAIL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND SUPPORT Approve an increase to Contract 07107, a Sole Source contract with BULL HN Information Systems for hardware, software and support in the amount of of $893,738.75 to purchase licensing for mission critical software for the Bull GC0S8 operating system for FY 2012. This is the operating system for the Jail Management System (JMS)-a mission critical software application for the Sheriff's Office. No other vendor provides this product; Bull owns the copyright licensing for GCOS8. There are no other applications that can be used for JMS NovaScale hardware. The costs for FY 2012 have increased approximately 20% over FY 2011 ($901,831.18). If the FY 2012 amount of $1,085,656.96 is paid before July 31, 2011, the County will receive a 2.5% discount, a savings of $27,141.42. Fees are paid monthly. The increase requested in this action represents the difference between the amount available on the current contract ($191,918.21) and the FY 2012 cost. The current contract expires September 14, 2011. (C-50-11-091-M-00)