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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 13, 2006 Action Agenda Item No. 5-n SUBJECT: Bid Award: E9-1-1 Telephone System DEPARTMENT: Purchasing & Emergency PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No Management ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cannell, 245-2651 Jack Ball, 968-2050 Pam Jones, 245-2652 PURPOSE: To consider awarding a bid for an E9-1-1 Telephone System for Emergency Management to Wireless Communications, Inc. of Morrisville, NC. BACKGROUND: On March 2, 2006, the Board accepted a COPS Grant from the Department of .)ustice to ptrchase interoperable communications console equipment for 9-1-1 and SOOMhz radios. At that time, the Board authorized the purchase of available equipment from the State Contract of North Carolina. While the consoles will be purchased from an existing State Contract, there is no State Contract for the phone system that operates in conjunction with the consoles, The Board will recall from previous instances, that NC G,S, 143-129 allows local governments to use the "piggy-back" acquisition method to obtain items without a separate bid procedure, If a contractor is willing to extend the same or more favorable price and other terms to the local government, the law allows that the acquisition may be made from a contractor that has, within the past 12 months, contracted to furnish the item to: (1) the federal government or any federal agency; (2) the State of North Carolina or any agency or political subdivision of the state; or (3) any other state or agency or political subdivision of that state, The acquisition contemplated would be "piggy-backed" on a bid awarded by Granville County, North Carolina, on March 20, 2006 to Wireless Communications of Morrisville, North Carolina far a CML ECS1000 911 Controller, which is the recommended phone system for console operation. The current system is out-of-date and has been fraught with maintenance and service issues, The proposed new telephone will provide the newest technology to integrate directly with new equipment and software, Wireless Communications is also installing the new consoles. Coordination of installation and future maintenance is significantly enhanced by retaining the same vendor to install both the consoles and supporting telephone system.