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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April?', 2009 <br />Aotion Agee a <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Sid Award: Data and. Telephone IlUirin Pro'ect, Qran e Count Uffice Buildin <br />DEPARTMENT: Purchasing and <br />Information Systems <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Sid Tabulation <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Pam Jones, 245-2652 <br />Todd Jones, 2452285 <br />PURPOSE: To consider awarding a bid to Integrated Comr~unication Services TICS} of Raleigh, <br />North Carolina to furnish and install data and telephone connectivity wiring at the new Office Building. <br />BACKGROUND. The County's new office building, which has been under development since 2006, is <br />on schedule for completion by early Summer 2009. As with previous buildings, it has been more <br />economical to bid the wiring for data and telephone jacks directly rather than through the construction <br />contract. <br />The standards for the wiring as set and bid by the County will accommodate both conventional phone <br />systems and Voice~Over I P ~V41 P}. <br />Bid #~568~ to provide this service was advertised on the County's website and solicited firom ten <br />vendors. Six vendors responded with Integrated Communications Services TICS} submitting the <br />lowest responsive bid that was responsible at a not to exceed cost of $80,440. A bid tabulation is <br />afitached. This pricing is for a turnkey project, which among other things includes racks, patch panels, <br />CATV jacks, testing and labeling. ICS has provided this type of service previously for the County and <br />is recommended for award of this bid. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT. Funding is available within the County Campus project budget to support the <br />$8D,440 necessary to install the wiring. <br />RECOMMENDATION~S~: The Manager recommends the Board award Sid #568 to ,Integrated <br />Communication Services TICS} of Raleigh, North Carolina at a not to exceed cast of $80,440 to furnish <br />and install data and telephone connectivity wiring at the new gftice Building; and authorize the <br />Purchasing Director to execute the necessary paperwork. <br />