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Agenda Item - 4.d.


City of Garden Grove


INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM

To:Scott C. Stiles

From:Anand Rao
Dept.:City Manager 

Dept.: Information Technology 
Subject:

Rejection of all bids received for structured cabling and authorize the Purchasing Agent to re-advertise RFP No. S-1247.  (Action Item)

Date:3/26/2019

OBJECTIVE

To receive City Council approval to reject all bids received and authorize the Purchasing Agent to re-advertise RFP No. S-1247 for bids from structured cabling vendors to provide on-call horizontal cabling services for City facilities.
BACKGROUND

Staff solicited bids for on-call structured cabling vendors to provide materials and labor to install horizontal cabling systems at various locations of the City.  Three (3) proposals were received; only one of which met the required qualifications.
DISCUSSION

Staff is seeking more than one qualified on-call structured cabling contractor to provide fiber optic and/or copper data, voice, and other low voltage cabling materials and services. In order to achieve this, staff would like to adjust the parameters of the RFP and re-advertise.
FINANCIAL IMPACT

None.
RECOMMENDATION

It is recommended that the City Council:

 

  • Reject all bids received for RFP No. S-1247; and

 

  • Authorize the Purchasing Agent to re-advertise for bids to provide on-call structured cabling and installation at multiple City facilities.

 

 

By:  Noel Proffitt

       Senior Information Systems Analyst