Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on approving the Purchase and Service Subscription #2025147 between Williamson County and FreeIt Data Solutions Inc. to provide the Williamson County IT Department with new licenses of VMWare Software for a three (3) year period beginning 03/31/2025 through 11/15/2027 in the total amount of $377,856.68 paying $90,528.16 in year one and $143,664.26 in the subsequent years per the terms of Contract #DIR-TSO-4288, and authorizing the execution of the agreement. The funding Source is P604.

The new VMware Licenses will support the 911 project. Since this is a new virtualized environment, Wilco needs new licenses for the servers and software that runs data centers and server infrastructure for the Williamson County IT Department. The attached quote details the subscription period, which includes VMware Cloud Foundation and VMware Firewall with Advanced Thread Protection.  Contract Audit and General Council have approved this purchase.  Funding Source is P604; 2022 CIP; Task 4.2 for FY25. Origination #2137.  Department point of contact is Rory Tierney.