ATTACHMENT 2
M E M O
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
FROM: Liz Habkirk, Assistant City Manager
CC: Scott Nielsen, Information Technology Manager
DATE: 11/07/2023
SUBJECT: Vision Communications Exception for Radio Network Site Connectivity
1. The City has an opportunity to enter a proposed contract under terms materially the same as an existing contract between the contractor and another public agency. • Mimomax has a cooperative agreement with NASPO on contract 91598862.
2. The terms of the proposed contract between the contractor and the City are more beneficial to the City than the City would otherwise be able to obtain by complying with the relevant requirements set forth in this chapter. This includes documentation of the steps the City has taken to evaluate alternative sources of the subject of the contract.
• Mimomax offers a level of integration with our current Tait radio repeaters.
They offer a high level of reliability and a cost-effective deployment of licensed frequencies. Mimomax is a subsidiary of Tait Radio with technology that uses licensed microwave frequencies in a very narrow format.
3. By entering the proposed contract, the City will meet the purpose and goals identified in Subsection 2.91.010(D) of this chapter. This includes documentation that the process used by the other public agency to procure the existing contract is substantially equivalent to the process that would otherwise be required by the City for the proposed contract.
4. The contract between the contractor and the City complies with the requirements of Subsection
2.91.030(B) of this chapter.
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