Submitted By: Lourdes Ramos
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Presentation By: Mel Poole
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Department: Ocala Fiber Network
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Approve expenditures under contract with CenturyLink/Lumen Technologies for internet bandwidth/metropolitan area network circuits for the City and its customers in the amount of $293,063
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Economic Hub
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
N/A
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BACKGROUND:
Ocala Fiber Network (OFN) purchases Lumen Metropolitan Area Network (Metro Ethernet) circuits to resell to several key account customers, including government agencies, community anchor institutions, and emergency/first responder agencies. These circuits provide interconnectivity to customers in areas where OFN cannot extend its infrastructure.
Historically, individual connections have been billed in separate segments as determined by Centurylink Sales Solutions, Inc. ("CenturyLink") based on connection type and location. Since Fiscal Year 2019, expenditure tracking has been captured under the following five Munis contracts:
CONTRACT NO.
FY2019
FY2020
FY2021
FY2022
FY2023
FY2024
TOTAL EXPENDITURE BY CONTRACT
TEL/13-002
84,102.20
81,872.57
78,492.00
69,687.71
111,773.18
118,052.94
$543,980.60
TEL-16-253
53,533.22
54,653.88
54,653.88
48,499.52
13,339.08
12,076.13
$236,755.71
TEL/17-208
160,216.97
193,356.20
167,527.87
113,019.36
114,961.07
109,668.76
$858,750.23
TEL/17-310
19,282.91
26,290.41
38,117.54
8,640
8,640
8,640
$109,610.86
TEL/17-314
29,274.36
30,000
30,000
30,000
27,500
30,000
$176,774.36
TOTAL BY FY
$346,409.66
$386,173.06
$368,791.29
$269,846.59
$276,213.33
$278,437.83
In October 2023 and December 2024, in accordance with Procurement Policy No. PRO-070, Article III - Emergency or Critical Procurements, OFN sought authorization to process change orders on an emergency basis under each of the foregoing contracts to allow for payment of outstanding invoices for this critical purchase.
Resolution 2020-22 requires cha...
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