Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Safety, on behalf of the Division of Support Services, to enter into a contract with Motorola Solutions Inc. for the software upgrade to Motorola legacy radios that will no longer be supported by the vendor unless they are upgraded (flashed). The City has approximately 1,000 legacy radios that need flashed by Motorola's deadline of June 30th. Upgrading these radios is not only less expensive than the purchase of new radios, but will also ensure that our city radios are compliant with the State of Ohio mandate of the implementation of Link Layer Authorization on all radios on the statewide system. Link Layer is a security protocol that forms a two factor authentication process for a radio to operate on the state system
Bid Information: This upgrade is being executed in accordance with the sole source provisions of Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Code. The legacy radios are Motorola radios that require 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 7/1/2023
Emergency Designation: Emergency designation is requested to ensure that Motorola's deadline for support is met.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $138,750.00 with Motorola for the flashing of city of Columbus radios. Funding for this expenditure is available in Support Services’ 2022 general fund appropriation.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety, on behalf of the Division of Support Services, to enter into a contract with Motorola Solutions Inc. for the upgrade of city of Columbus 800MHz radios in accordance with the sole source provisions of the Columbus City Codes; to authorize an expenditure of $138,750.00 from Public Safety'...
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