Explanation
BACKGROUND: To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Division of Support Services, to establish purchase orders with Intrado Systems Corp., and Pomeroy IT Solutions for the upgrade of the City's wireless enhanced 911 System and a five (5) year site maintenance agreement. House bill 361 (HB 361) as passed by the 125th General Assembly created a funding mechanism for establishing a wireless enhanced 9-1-1 service in Ohio. The City of Columbus is one of the Public Safety Answering Points (P.S.A.P) providing countywide wireless enhanced 9-1-1. This upgrade will ensure that the City's PSAP is equipped to receive text and video messages and is compliant with next Gen911 rules and regulations. This is a sole source agreement with Intrado Systems because they were the original installers of the City's Enhanced Wireless 9-1-1 equipment. The purchase of routers from Pomeroy will be in accordance to the terms and conditions of an existing Universal Term Contract number FL004506
Bid Information: Sole Source Provider: Intrado Systems Corp. CC #582381670 - expires 3-1-2014: Pomeroy IT Solutions CC#61352158 - expires 10-5-2013
Emergency Designation: Emergency designation is requested to ensure the continued reliability of the Police and Fire Communication Systems.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation authorizes the purchase of an upgrade to the current wireless 911 main PSAP and a five (5) year site maintenance agreement, with Intrado Systems Corp., for $1,799,996.28, under the sole source provision of the Columbus City Code and the purchase of any necessary hardware required from Pomeroy IT Solutions for $60,000.00. Funding for this expenditure is available in Public Safety's Capital Improvement Fund. This ordinance will also amend the 2012 Capital Improvement Budget (CIB) and transfer funds between projects between the Safety Bond Fund.
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To amend the 2012 Capital Improvement Budget; to author...
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