A. "Discussion, consideration, and action to approve a necessary CARES Act Relief Fund expenditure to cover cost not accounted for in the current budget and cannot be lawfully funded by line item, allotment or allocation, for the Hidalgo County District Attorney’s Office to purchase technical office equipment, in order to assist with County functions related to public health measures addressing the ongoing,COVID-19 public health emergency the Court having reviewed the Agenda Item Briefing, herein finds that such expenditure is reasonable and necessary";

B. Requesting exemption from competitive bidding requirements, pursuant to TxLGC 262.024(a)(1)(2) as attached herein;

C. Approval to purchase Laptops, Printers, Scanners, Web Cameras, and DVD+RW(s) (­+R DL) drive – USB 2.0 external from CDW-G in the amount of $159,503.20.

The purchase includes the following 115 Lenovo Thinkpad(s) E15.6'' Core i5 10210U - 8 GB RAM - 256 GB SSD - US; 110 Brother  HL-L2300D 27 PPM Laser Printer(s); 150 Adesso CyperTrack H5 Web cameras; 115 Verbatim Slimline DVD RW Drive USB external, and; 100 Fujitsu ScanSnap ix1500 30ppm Color Document Scanner(s).