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I <br />3 <br />Motorola has provided responses to the County which state that <br />"Motorola will be capable of replacing any and all assemblies and <br />devices in this center for a minimum of 20 years." As a point of <br />reference, the consoles currently in use at the 911 Center were <br />manufactured in 1967 and are currently maintained with no parts <br />availability problems. <br />Attached correspondence indicates that the Centracom II console being <br />purchased from Motorola is a unit which is currently in production and <br />is not being considered for phase out. Motorola has indicated that the <br />Centracom II -Plus is available, but that it provides features beyond <br />what our specifications indicated we need. For example, two of the <br />features in the Centracom II -Plus console provides enhanced diagnostics <br />for service technicians and provides the ability to go to a CRT <br />controlled console. Pursuant to past discussions, the CRT controlled <br />console is not desired since it would compete with and duplicate <br />features which we will have available through the Computer Aided <br />Dispatch (CAD) system and the E911 phone system. Further, Motorola <br />assures us that the technology driving the Centracom II console is the <br />latest technology available. <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends award of a bid for 911 Console <br />Equipment to Motorola, Inc. for a sum of $155,007. <br />