The Harford County Board of Estimates approved Solicitation No. 27-077 to renew enterprise Microsoft licensing and cloud services across county departments.
Karissa Higbee of the Office of Information and Communication Technology presented the renewal, describing the agreement as covering Microsoft 365 licensing, Azure cloud services, Exchange Enterprise, SQL Server, Visual Studio, Visio, Windows Enterprise, Power Platform products and other applications needed to maintain the county's secure computing environment. The department recommended award to SHI International Corporation for $2,580,830.16. The motion was moved by Robert Sandlass, seconded by William Bettin and approved unanimously.
The renewal is intended to ensure continued licensing, maintenance, updates and vendor support for county IT systems; the minutes do not break down costs by product or department.