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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. y_, -D <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 21, 1992 <br />SUBJECT: AWARD OF VOICE /DATA NETWORK PROPOSAL <br />DEPARTMENT: PURCHASING & CENTRAL SRVS. PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO:XX <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: PAM JONES <br />OR KEITH BROOKS <br />Telephone Number - <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill - 967 -9251 <br />Mebane --227 -2031 <br />Durham -688 -7331 <br />PURPOSE: To award a proposal for installation of a voice /data network <br />in the Government Services Center and the existing Tax and Records <br />Building. <br />BACKGROUND: Part of the work associated with the new Government <br />services Building and the renovation of the existing Tax and Records <br />Building involves installing cabling which enables computers and <br />telephones in the facilities to function. For the past year the Data <br />Processing Manager has been actively reviewing various technologies <br />which would provide long -term networking solutions. <br />On April 9, 1992, proposals were received from three firms. Costs <br />ranged from $32,200 to $53,950. <br />Following evaluation, the Data Processing Manager, has determined that <br />the proposal from QTRON, Inc. appears to best fits County needs, both <br />current and long -term, for the most reasonable cost. <br />The QTRON solution proposes to use a mixture of fiber optic and copper <br />cable connected through two 96 channel multiplexers to connect the <br />various areas of the buildings. The system being proposed will support <br />the asynchronous users we now have, as well as will facilitate the <br />transition to Ethernet at which time the County is prepared to do so. <br />