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NORTH CAROLINA WAKE COUNTY <br />MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT <br />Courtroom Cabling for Remote Proceedings <br />THIS MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT (MOA) is entered into by and between the <br />NORTH CAROLINA ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS (NCAOC) and the <br />COUNTY OF ________ (County), jointly referred to as the Parties and individually as a Party, <br />and is effective as of the date of the last signature below. <br />WHEREAS, Session Law 2021-47 was enacted on June 18, 2021, adding a new section G.S. <br />§ 7A-49.6, which significantly expands the courts’ authority to hold proceedings by audio and <br />video (AV) transmission; <br />WHEREAS, to facilitate proceedings conducted by AV transmission, the NCAOC issued RFP <br />02-2021000, resulting in a contract with ePlus Inc. to provide AV equipment installation services; <br />WHEREAS, the NCAOC’s contract with ePlus Inc. became effective on May 27, 2021, for a <br />term of one (1) year with options for the NCAOC to extend the contract for two (2) additional one <br />year terms; <br />WHEREAS, the NCAOC intends to pay for AV equipment and equipment installation <br />services for certain identified courtrooms in the County; <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to G.S. §§ 7A-302 and 7A-304(a)(2), the County is required to provide <br />adequate physical facilities for the courts, including cabling in courtrooms necessary to operate the <br />AV equipment; <br />WHEREAS, rather than providing and installing cabling itself, the County seeks to provide <br />funds to the NCAOC for the NCAOC to purchase cabling, as well as cabling installation services <br />from ePlus Inc., for the courtrooms in which AV equipment will be installed; and <br />WHEREAS the Parties intend for this MOA to govern the County’s provision of funding to <br />the NCAOC for the NCAOC to purchase cabling, as well as installation services from ePlus Inc. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration for the promises made each to the other, the Parties <br />agree as follows: <br />1.After this MOA is fully executed, the NCAOC will authorize ePlus Inc. to install cabling <br />needed for remote proceedings in the following courtroom(s): <br />SC-Battle and DC-4 <br /> __________________________________________________________________________ <br />Orange <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 1C3039A2-A7E7-42F5-BD29-ECCB38916018