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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Negotiate And Execute An Agreement Between United Data Technologies (UDT) And The City Of Hollywood For The Lease/Purchase And Maintenance Of A Unified Communications System; And Further Authorizing A Six-Year Financing Agreement Between Key Government Finance And The City Of Hollywood For A Total Estimated Amount Of $1,155,554.00.
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the Attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The City's telephone system infrastructure is segregated and technologically obsolete.
The Department of Information Technology is requesting to replace the current hybrid PBX telephone/voicemail/911 premise identification system with a new Unified Communications System (City-wide telephone system).
On May 1, 2014, notices of the availability of RFP-4398-14-JE were posted on the City's website as well as the Demandstar in accordance with the City's Purchasing Ordinance.
RFP-4398-14-JE was opened at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, May 29, 2014, and resulted in responses from eight (8) firms:
* AT &T
Sunrise, Florida
* Dimension Data
Raleigh, North Carolina
* Fulton Communications
Delray Beach, Florida
* Insight Public Sector, Inc.
Tampa, Florida
* Interactive Intelligence
Indianapolis, Minnesota
* SwitchTech/Teleswitch International
Miami, Florida
* Unify
Boca Raton, Florida
* United Data Technologies
Doral, Florida
Evaluations of the Proposals were based upon the following criteria as established in the RFP: 1) Experience in U.C. Industry 2) Project Organization and Technical Qualifications of the Persons Assigned to the Project 3) Project Understanding, Proposed Approach and Methodology 4) References and Successfully Completed Similar Projects and 5) Cost of Equipment and Professional Services Fee.
The firms' proposals were evaluated by an Evaluati...
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