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DATE: August 1, 2001
TO: City Council
FROM: Interim Director of Aviation
U.S. CUSTOMS DEDICATED DATA LINE
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council authorize the Director of Procurement &
Contracting to issue a purchase order to Qwest® Communications to provide a
dedicated data line from the U.S. Customs office in Palm Springs to the U.S.Customs
Data Center in Virginia for a total cost not to exceed $12,500, for fiscal year 01102.
SUMMARY:
The dedicated data line for the U.S. Customs office at the Airport is required for the
Customs Inspector to process international flight arrivals. This service will be for the
01/02 fiscal year.
BACKGROUND:
During the summer of 2000, staff received notification from United States Customs
that they were eliminating modem access to their data base due to security issues.
Staff has worked with Information Services and Procurement&Contracting to locate
a data line service provider. By comparing service providers, staff was able to secure
the service for 00/01 at $1,084 per month, for an annual cost of$13,008.
For the 01/02 fiscal year, the cost is$1,040 per month,for an annual cost of$12,480.
Without the dedicated data line in place, U.S. Customs will not be able to process any
international flights in Palm Springs.
No general fund monies will be used for this service. Funds are available in the airport
budget in account#415-60-6250-43200, "Contractual Services".
ALLEN F SM OT, A.A.E. HAROLD E GOOD, CPPO
Interim Director of Aviation Director of Procurement & Contracting
APPROVED:
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City Manager
Attachment: Minute Order
REVIEWED BY DEPT. OF FINANCE
K 034
MINUTE ORDER NO. 6894
AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PRO-
CUREMENT & CONTRACTING TO ISSUE A
PURCHASE ORDER TO QWEST® COMMUNI-
CATIONS TO PROVIDE A DEDICATED DATA LINE
FROM THE U.S. CUSTOMS OFFICE IN PALM
SPRINGS TO THE U.S. CUSTOMS DATA CENTER
IN VIRGINIA, FOR A TOTAL COST NOT TO
EXCEED $12,500, FOR FISCAL YEAR 01/02.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that this Minute Order, authorizing the Director of
Procurement & Contracting to issue a Purchase Order to Qwest®
Communications to provide a dedicated data line from the U.S. Customs office in
Palm Springs to the U.S. Customs Data Center in Virginia, for a total cost not to
exceed $12,500, for fiscal year 01/02, was adopted by the City Council of the City
of Palm Springs, California, in a meeting thereof held on the 1s` day of August,
2001.
PATRICIA A. SANDERS
City Clerk