HomeMy WebLinkAbout1/2/2003 - STAFF REPORTS (6) Date: January 2, 2003
To: City Council
From: Director of Procurement & Contracting
APPROVE ACQUISITION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES ON A SOLE SOURCE
BASIS FROM VERIZON
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that City Council approve the acquisition of local telecommunications services
on a sole source basis from Verizon for a 3-year period at the rates approved by and on file with
the California Public Utilities Commission and authorize the City Manager to execute the
documents necessary for this purpose.
SUMMARY:
Verizon currently provides the City with local dial tone, interLATA toll services(local long distance)
and CentraNet services. For an account of the size of the City, with diverse office locations,
Verizon is the only source for these services and, in accordance with the City Charter and
Procurement Ordinance, the City may acquire such services without competitive procedures.
BACKGROUND:
Verizon is the local exchange carrier that provides local telephone dial tone to the City of Palm
Springs.Verizon also is the provider of IntraLATA toll services, which is the local long-distance toll
for calls made outside the local area, but which because of their geographically close proximity, do
not go through the long-distance telephone network.
Verizon also provides CentraNet services, which allows the City's diverse locations to operate as
a local area telephone network.This allows the City to retain established numbers to locations such
as the Library, Leisure Center, Desert Highland Community Center, Tourism, Visitor's Center and
the Waste Water Treatment Plant, which are no longer connected to a central City PBX and
allows 4-digit extension dialing between City locations,which routes over the CentraNet network,
thus avoiding local toll charges.
Estimated expenditures for these local telecommunications services is estimated to be $160,000
per year.
Funds have been budgeted for this purpose, and are available using account 001-1 1 20-420 1 5
Information Services Communication Account.
Harold E. Good, CPPO ames W. Runge
Director of Procurement & Contracting Director of Information Technology
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City Manager
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Attachment: Minute Order
REVIEWED BY DEFT.OF FINANCE
MINUTE ORDER NO.
APPROVING THE ACQUISITION OF LOCAL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES ON A SOLE
SOURCE BASIS FROM VERIZON FOR A 3-YEAR
PERIOD AT THE RATES APPROVED BY AND ON
FILE WITH THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENTS
NECESSARY FOR THIS PURPOSE.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that this Minute Order, approving the acquisition of local
telecommunications services on a sole source basis from Verizon for a 3-year
period at the rates approved by and on file with the California Public Utilities
Commission and authorize the City Manager to execute the documents necessary
for this purpose, was adopted by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs,
California, in a meeting thereof held on the 2nd of January, 2003.
PATRICIA A. SANDERS
City Clerk