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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, including any necessary amendments, with AMS.NET, of Livermore, CA, for the purchase and installation of fiber optic cabling and related electrical equipment for the Library Services Department, in the amount of $110,680, authorize a 20 percent contingency in the amount of $22,136, for a total contract amount not to exceed $132,816; and
Increase appropriations in the General Services Fund (IS 385) in the Technology and Innovation Department (TI) by $132,816, offset by funds available. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The Technology and Innovation and Library Services Departments are overseeing the process to install fiber optic cabling into existing outdoor structures (vaults and conduits), and termination of cabling inside the new Civic Center, new Main Library, existing Police Headquarters, and existing Broadway Garage. The Main Library portion of the project is being partially funded by the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Fund through the E-Rate Program.
The E-Rate Program is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) under the direction of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and provides discounts to assist schools and libraries in the United States obtain affordable telecommunications and Internet access. The E-Rate discount is based on the Free/Reduced Lunch eligibility of the surrounding school district. Approximately 69 percent of Long Beach Unified School District students are eligible for Free/Reduced Lunch under the National School Lunch Program. This translates to an E-rate discount of up to 80 percent based on the SLD discount matrix for the City of Long Beach (City).
With the help of EdTechnologyFunds, Inc., a leading E-rate consulting specialist, the City applied to the E-Rate Program for cabling and electrical systems. In May 2017, EdTechnologyFunds solicited proposals, on behalf o...
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