Title
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR THE PROCUREMENT AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH CALIX, INC TO UPGRADE THE VELOCITY FIBER DISTRIBUTION EQUIPMENT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Brief Description: This contract would involve the purchasing of equipment and professional services from Calix to upgrade and replace the current Calix distribution equipment used by Velocity Broadband to provide service to customers.
Body
Legislative History
None.
Purpose & Explanation
This resolution will enable staff to bring forward already planned for equipment upgrades for the distribution network that provides services to Velocity Customers. Given the residential FttH effort, bringing these projects forward would simplify the network and make it easier to bring new customers online. The value of this project would have a not to exceed budget of $171,439.20 which includes $50,368.20 for perpetual licensing, three years of support, professional assistance for testing and turn-up as well as $121,071.00 of replacement equipment. Calix is the current vendor used by Velocity and which equipment at the customer premise is only designed to work with.
Legal Authority for Proposed Legislation
Pursuant to Charter Section 6.04:
Competitively bid and advertised for three consecutive weeks
Joint or Cooperative Purchase Program
Professional Services
X Other
Fiscal Impact
Currently Budgeted
X Supplemental Appropriation Required (Fund 402)
Appropriation Not Required.
Does this legislation require use of an emergency clause?
x Yes -
No
Recommendation
Suggested Action
Staff recommends that Council approves this authorization for the City Manager to enter into a contract with Calix for the replacement and support services of fiber distribution equipment.
Submitted by,
Thomas J. Sheridan, City Manager
Jeffery Knoblauch, Assistant City Manager, Finance Director
Paul Leedham, Chief Innovation Officer
Will Ersing, Assistant IT Director
Bradley S. Kosco, PE, PS, City Engineer