STAFF REPORT
City of Lancaster
CC 9
1/23/2024
JC
Date:January 23, 2024
To: Mayor Parris and City Council Members
From:George N. Harris, Director of Finance
Subject:Approval of purchasing networking equipment and cabling infrastructure for the Public Safety Facility.
Recommendation:
Approve the purchase of Cisco networking equipment and cabling infrastructure from Logicalis using California Multiple Award Schedules (CMAS) contract #3-14-70-3040B.
Fiscal Impact:
$698,059.83 as per Attachment A - Logicalis quotation #2023-175144v2 to be paid from account CP14BS001.CONST.TECHNOLOGY (10119900.8000).
Background:
The City of Lancaster operates an Internet Protocol (IP) network that allows for electronic data and voice communications between city sites and the wider world. City Hall is the core backbone of the larger city-wide network that all electronic communications flow through, and it is the location of the city’s primary data center. The City purchased a new facility for the Public Safety Department to operate from.
This project will install 400 network cables, nine network switches, three racks, ten wireless access points, as well as ancillary equipment to support the technology functions of the Public Safety Department.
Information Technology Staff designed the new equipment to have extra capacity for future growth and flexibility. Cisco was selected as the networking vendor due to the City’s past positive experience with Cisco switches and routers, as well as Cisco’s competent and easily available support resources.
Information Technology staff leveraged the CMAS contract #3-14-70-3040B to achieve the best possible value for the City of Lancaster in the quickest possible time to ensure the Public Safety 1 5
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facility project is completed on time. CMAS agreements are established for information technology and non-information technology products and services that have been competitively assessed, negotiated, or bid primarily by the federal GSA. Public Contract Code (PCC) § 10298 and 10299 authorizes local government agencies and school districts to use CMAS and other Department of General Services (DGS) agreements without competitive bidding.
Attachment:
Attachment A - Logicalis Quotation #2023-175144v2