REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Authorize Amending an Existing Contract for Cellular Wireless Phone Services (F16-24)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to amend an existing contract with Verizon Wireless to increase the value by $20,000, from $96,000 to $116,000. Approval is also requested to delegate authority to the City Manager to extend the contract up to four additional one-year periods, subject to available funding, acceptable pricing and service.
EXISTING POLICY
Pursuant to Chapter 2.08 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, Council approval is required for transactions which exceed $100,000.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
N/A
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The City's wireless service program includes mobile broadband devices (MBBs, also referred to as data modems), smart phones, tablets, and cellular phones. Almost half of the monthly service costs are for the MBBs, which are used primarily by Department of Public Safety (DPS) Patrol and Fire to access the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system remotely through in vehicle computers, as well as other applications and information from the field. Beginning this Fiscal Year, service will also include field access to electronic patient care records.
The City is using Verizon Wireless for the bulk of its cellular wireless services, "piggybacking" off the State of California Western States Contracting Alliance (WSCA) Master Price Agreement (State Contract No. 7-10-70-16). The state contract has been extended through 2019. The current blanket order in place for wireless services has a not to exceed value of $96,000 and will expire on October 1, 2015.
In 2008, DPS started using Nextel for covert operations, and subsequently added Investigations and SWAT in 2010. The change was related to more timely/efficient administration of account changes, as well as taking advantage of the (then) new technology push -to-talk (PTT) feature. Now, account administration can be done online, and PTT is no longer ...
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