CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the award of Sole Source Procurement 19-111, Harris Radio Hardware and Software Upgrade, to Harris Corporation for an amount not to exceed $909,669.42
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DEPARTMENT: Police Department
SUBMITTED BY: Robert S. Marshall, Chief
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
In 2008, the City of Aurora received a Public Safety Interoperable Communications Grant (PSIC) from the Federal government to allow the Cities of Naperville and Aurora to improve communication capabilities for first responders to better serve our communities. The City of Naperville installed and accepted the Harris Open Sky radio system in partnership with the City of Aurora in November 2010. The interoperable voice/data radio system provides state of the art public safety communications on a federal, state and regional basis. The Open Sky radio system is proprietary hardware and software, which must be maintained by the Harris Corporation. The partnership with Aurora allows the two cities to share the infrastructure enabling cost sharing and reduced redundancy.
The installation included a warranty and maintenance contract for a three-year period from November 17, 2010 through November 2013. The maintenance contract included 24/7/365 monitoring and dispatching by Harris Corporation and covered the radio infrastructure, consoles, mobiles, portables, repeater stations, microwave equipment and other miscellaneous equipment.
In October 2013, City Council approved the award of 14-098 to extend the warranty and maintenance of the Harris Open Sky radio system an additional six (6) years to April 30, 2019. In August 2016, City Council approved Change Order #1 to Contract 14-098 to extend the contract an additional two years. The maintenance contract with Harris Corporation currently ends on April 30, 2021.
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DISCUSSION:
The Harris Open Sky radio system has hardware and software components that are reaching end of life, which also ...
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