Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a contract with Motorola Solutions Inc. for the purchase, installation and maintenance of two additional radio channels, which would expand the current city radio service, on existing MARCS tower sites.
The two sites are on the Licking County border and the Delaware County border. The city has had radio coverage issues in the NE and NW corners of Franklin County. Support Services was looking into building towers but MARCS offered the use of their towers. A test was done using CPD and CFD allowing radio roaming in these areas when they lost coverage on the City of Columbus sites. Test results showed up to 15% and 21% of these two site’s available capabilities and have had no coverage complaints from those areas since starting the test.
Bid Information: This purchase is being executed in accordance with the sole source provisions of Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Code. Expanding the existing system requires proprietary software and infrastructure owned by Motorola Solutions Inc. No other vendor has access to Motorola source code and Motorola has not authorized any dealer or other party to obtain such access.
Contract Compliance: Motorola Solutions Inc. V#007169 36-1115800 expiration 2/11/2022
EMERGENCY: Emergency designation is requested in order to ensure continuous radio operability within the Divisions of Police and Fire.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds for this purchase are budgeted and available within Public Safety's 2020 Capital Improvement Budget. This ordinance also amends the 2020 Capital Improvement Budget and requests the transfer of cash between projects in Fund 7701.
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To authorize the amendment and transfer of cash within Public Safety's Capital Improvement Funds; to authorize the Director of Public Safety to enter into contract with Motorola Solutions Inc. for the purchase, installation and maintenance of two addi...
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