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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />APRIL 7, 2015 <br />TITLE: <br />CONTRACT AWARD TO <br />GST, INC FOR ARUBA <br />WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY <br />AND SUPPORT <br />(SPEC. NO. 15 -015) <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 2,3; 7, 51 <br />.,I <br />J C Y MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />•:• 01 <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on1s'Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Reject the bid from SHI International Corp. as nonresponsive to the specification. <br />2. Award a contract to GST, Inc. for the purchase of Aruba wireless communications <br />technology in the amount of $131,100; and for a 2 -year support contract, in the amount of <br />$54,500, for a total amount not to exceed $185,600, subject to non - substantive changes <br />approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Information Services Division (ISD) of the Finance and Management Services Agency is <br />responsible for the citywide Mobility Technology Initiative that has been underway and in use <br />over the past year. The initiative was designed to enable more community self- service and to <br />enable more City staff to act as field workers in the community, directly providing and <br />coordinating services. Over the past year the ISD began Wi -Fi infrastructure installation and <br />operations throughout City locations and will have accomplished Wi -Fi access in the interior of 24 <br />City facilities by the end of June 2015. <br />The Mobility Technology Initiative is large and complex. It involves a state -of- the -art industrial - <br />strength infrastructure using some 300 wireless access point antennas, dedicated hardware <br />controllers to link the wireless connectivity to the City network. This is done over newly installed <br />backhaul wiring which physically connects the wireless environment to the City backbone <br />network. As the second Phase begins, it will extend the dedicated Wi -Fi access and support to <br />the Police Building. It will provide Wi -Fi covering the entire PD facility, including the PD parking <br />structure, and the administrative areas of the Jail facility. This phase will allow Police staff to work <br />more effectively by giving PD staff universal access to Police systems within the facility. It will <br />also permit visiting City staff wireless access to City computing resources and guest Wi -Fi access <br />22B -1 <br />