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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 Agreement Between Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc., D/B/A AT&T And The City For Wired Communications Services (Pro Cabs High Capacity DS1) In An Estimated Amount Of $23,500.00 For A Three Year Term.
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The attached agreement represents part of the City's complex wireless communications infrastructure that connects approximately 300 Police laptops to local City services.
The service consists of a pair of Pro CABS circuits (high capacity DS1s) which are provided between Verizon Wireless and AT&T, where Verizon Wireless has deemed AT&T to be the least cost provider as AT&T is the only telecommunications provider with a point of presence within the Verizon Wireless facility in Jupiter, Florida.
Section 38.40 (C)(3) of the City's Purchasing Ordinance provides that, non-competitive supplies, and single source services available from only one source, such as unique, patented, franchised supplies or services, are exempt from the competitive proposal requirements.
The agreement for this service expired in February, 2014, and the City was automatically moved to a month-to-month payment schedule which is the standard practice that AT&T defaults to for its customers when an agreement expires.
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.
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