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Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Professional Services of Independent Contractor with Critical Start, Inc., for Cybersecurity End-Point Protection Services, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement with Critical Start, Inc., to procure continued cybersecurity protection services for up to 5,800 County computers and 4,700 users for monitoring, in the amount not to exceed $819,900.00 for Fiscal Years 2023-2024, 2024-2025, and 2025-2026, with an option to terminate for convenience in Fiscal Year 2024-2025; and
b) Approve and authorize the Chief Information Officer or their designee to order additional licenses and services in an amount not to exceed 5% of the contract amount, or $40,995.00; and
c) Determine that the above recommended actions are government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities, which do not involve any commitment to any specific project that may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment and is therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines.