Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Department of Technology, to establish purchase orders for the acquisition of services for fiber optic cabling and network equipment from two (2) existing Universal Term Contracts (UTCs), established through the competitive bid process by the Purchasing Office, with the following vendors: Echo 24 (FL004688, BPCMP33G - Expiration 3/31/13) and Pomeroy IT Solutions (FL004506, BPCMP30A - Expiration 6/30/12).
The Department of Technology's Metronet Services provides data connectivity that supports various business functions and allows all city agencies and departments to communicate. Currently, the Department of Technology has a need to splice fiber optic cabling connecting the City of Columbus' existing fiber infrastructure to the newly purchased Columbus Fibernet (CFN), Columbus Traffic Signaling Systems (CTSS), and citynet fiber rings. These splices are necessary to complete the data inter-connectivity pathway throughout the city and prevent lengthy outages due to damaged fiber optic cabling. There are three (3) separate splice locations; 1) 1601 Arlingate Ln., 2) 757 Carolyn Ave., and 3) 240 Parsons Avenue.
These splice locations will build a ring topology that will provide diverse pathways to ensure data connectivity in the event of a fiber cut to existing and future locations. This legislation will provide the city with a contiguous fiber backbone that will reach into communities to make fiber accessible throughout the city and will support the city's regionalization efforts, shared services, and development efforts
This legislation is the first phase of a two (2) phase effort that will join all of the city's fiber optic backbone into one complete fiber backbone. This legislation is needed to support two (2) major projects, the Sunbury Road-Hoover Dam Federal grant funded project and the city's Dual Data Center connectivit...
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