File #: 24-7242    Version: 1 Name: Bid No. 2024-132 - Annual Telephone Services - Local and Long Distance
Type: Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 6/14/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 7/1/2024 Final action: 7/1/2024
Title: Bid No. 2024-132 - Annual Telephone Services - Local and Long Distance. (Staff recommends award to AT&T Corporation, through Texas Department of Information Resources Contract No. DIR-TEX-AN-CTSA 005, in an amount not to exceed $375,000.00.)

Title

Bid No. 2024-132 - Annual Telephone Services - Local and Long Distance.

(Staff recommends award to AT&T Corporation, through Texas Department of Information Resources Contract No. DIR-TEX-AN-CTSA 005, in an amount not to exceed $375,000.00.)

 

Body

Name of Department

Multiple Departments

 

Project/Budgeted Amount

$375,000.00

 

Sum of Bid/Bid Amount

$375,000.00, not to exceed

 

Telephone services, including local and long-distance services for all City facilities, are administered by the Telecommunications Division of the Information Technology Department.

 

Local Services:

Local services are provided by AT&T. The monthly recurring services are as follows:

                     Four public router interfaces (PRI)

                     One Hi Cap circuit with Ethernet service

                     Seven miscellaneous circuits

                     11 point-to-point ring down circuits

                     One T-1 circuit for inbound/outbound voice/data traffic

                     24 business hunt lines

                     Seven DSL lines

                     11 UVERSE lines

                     201 single flat lines

                     Public safety emergency services (911) and disaster routing services.

 

Long Distance:

Long distance services are provided by the same contract. Monthly charges are billed for telephone and fax lines.

 

Financial Implications

Annual telephone charges are budgeted annually by each department and expensed accordingly.

 

Recommended/Desired Action

Staff recommends award to AT&T Corporation.

 

Drafter

Sam Bradford

 

Head of Department

Sam Bradford