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RESOLUTION NO. 00— 3 9
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ISSUE A
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO SOLICIT PROPOSALS
FROM QUALIFIED FIRMS TO PROVIDE THE CITY WITH
AN INSTITUTIONAL VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK THAT
UTILIZES ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE ("ATM")
TECHNOLOGY, PROVIDES CONNECTIVITY TO
SPECIFIED CITY SITES, PROVIDES HIGHLY SECURE
AND REDUNDANT CONNECTIVITY TO SPECIFIED
MISSION CRITICAL SITES, AND PROVIDES VOICE,
DATA, AND VIDEO SERVICES; FUNDS TO BE
ALLOCATED THEREFOR FROM THE GENERAL OPERATING
BUDGETS OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, REQUIRING
BUDGETARY APPROVAL FROM INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT
ACCOUNTS PRIOR TO USAGE OF SAID SERVICES; AND
FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER - TO
SUBMIT HIS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY
COMMISSION FOR ITS REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION.
WHEREAS, the Request For Proposal ("RFP") process allows the
City to solicit proposals from firms that are qualified to
provide asynchronous transfer mode ("ATM") technology based
networking; and
WHEREAS, developments in telecommunications technology are
advancing at a fast pace and higherbandwidths are becoming
available at lower.costs; and
WHEREAS, to ensure that the Department of Information
Technology is offering the best service to its clients at a
reasonable cost, it is necessary for the City to evaluate current
technologies and determine applicability to the City
CITY COMUSSION,
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Telecommunications infrastructure in terms of capability and
pricing; and
WHEREAS, funds for said service are to be appropriated from
the general operating budgets of various user departments,
requiring budgetary approval prior to usage of said services;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the
Preamble to this Resolution are hereby adopted by reference
thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this
Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to
issue a Request for Proposals from qualified firms to provide the
City with an institutional virtual private network that utilizes
asynchronous transfer mode technology, provides connectivity to
specified City sites, provides highly secure and redundant
connectivity to specified mission critical sites, and provides
voice, data, and video services; allocating funds from the
general operating budgets of various user departments, requiring
budgetary approval prior to usage of said services; and further
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authorizing the City Manager to submit his recommendations to the
City Commission for its review and consideration.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.'/
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of April , 2000.
JOE CAROLLO, MAYOR
In accordance with N icarni Ccde Sec. 2-36, since the Mayor did not indicate approval of
this legislation by sinning it in the designated place p€•ovidi .,.d, said 4ep : �; riovr
becomes effective with the elapse often (10) ds tn tai : nate zit Cc c
ATTEST: regarding same, without the May r ercisi ,a o.
Walte . oan, ity Clerk
WALTER J. FOEMAN
CITY CLERK
APPROVE AS O F M AND CORR�EC�TNESS :/
L VI R O
C Y TORNEY
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1 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become
effective at the end of ten calendar days from the date it was
passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it
shall become effective immediately upon override of the veto by
the City Commission.
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FROM
0 CITY OF MIAMI FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
The Honorable Mayor and Members
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'mmission
Darshaw
CityManager
RECOMMENDATION:
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DATE: MAR 2 H 2000 FILE :
SUBJECT: Permission to issue a Request for
Proposals (RFP) for Institutional
Virtual Private Network
REFERENCES:
ENCLOSURES:
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution
authorizing the City Manager to issue a Request For Proposals (RFP) to solicit proposals from
qualified firms to provide the City with an institutional virtual private network that utilizes
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology, provides connectivity to specified City sites,
provides highly secure and redundant connectivity to specified mission critical sites, and
provides voice, data, and video services; and authorizing the City Manager to submit his
recommendations to the City Commission for its review and consideration.
BACKGROUND:
The RFP process allows the City to solicit proposals from firms that are qualified to provide,
ATM based networking. Developments in telecommunications technology are advancing at a
fast pace; higher bandwidths are becoming available at lower costs. To ensure that the
Department of Information Technology is offering the best service to its clients at a reasonable
cost, it is necessary for the City to evaluate current technologies. and determine applicability to
the City telecommunications infrastructure in terms of capability and pricing. Funds are to be
appropriated annually from the general operating budgets of various departments, requiring
budgetary approval from individual department accounts prior to usage of said services.
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REQUESTING
ISSUANCE OF RFP
99-00-146
ITEM: Institutional Virtual Private Network
DEPARTMENT: ITD
TYPE:
Request to Issue RFP
REASON: To provide the City with an institutional virtual private
network that utilizes Asynchronous Transfer Mode
(ATM) based networking.
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