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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Approving And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute The Attached Agreements Between Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc., D/B/A AT&T And The City For Wired Communications Services In An Estimated Amount Of $830,000.00 For A Three Year Term.
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The attached agreements represent the City's complex wired communications infrastructure that connects more than 120 City facilities to the Public Switched network.
The services consist of analog voice lines, local, Intra-LATA long distance, PRI circuits to carry voice traffic between the INET (Institutional Network) and the Public Switched Network, Megalink circuits for four-digit dialing between City facilities and part of the City's Internet connection.
AT&T currently supplies all of the City's local and long distance services as well as connectivity between the public safety laptops and the City's internal network.
Due to the complexity and interconnectivity of our communications infrastructure, managing multiple vendors would be problematic and result in extended downtime in the event of a failure while vendor responsibility was being determined.
Section 38.40 (C) (8) of the City's Purchasing Ordinance provides that purchases of, and contracts for, supplies or contractual services, when the City Commission declares by unanimous vote that competitive bidding is not in the best interest of the City are exempt from the competitive bidding process.
Funding for these services has been budgeted in the FY15 Telephone Account Number: 57.1345.00056.590.004102.
Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:
Dr. Wazir Ishmael, City Manager
Christophe St. Luce, Interim Director, Information Technology