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Home My WebLink AboutM-89-0534CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission FROM : 'Cesar H. Odio City Manager ME; RECOMMENDATION: DATE : MAY 3 0 1989 FILE SUBJECT Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement REFERENCEY:ith Southern Bell on Public Pay Phones ENCLOSURES: It is repectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached, resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Corporation for using an existing contract awarded by the City of Miami Beach =! for coin and credit public pay phone equipment and services throughout the City of Miami. This will enable the City to implement a city-wide sidewalk program that will not only provide additional revenues but will also allow the City to place public pay phones in critical locations in communities throughout the $' City. The proposed five year agreement will provide the City of Miami with additional revenue estimated to be $157,389 annually based upon -12% percent of the local intraLATA revenue and 6% percent interLATA minutes of usage annually. BACKGROUND: The General Services Administration Department has analyzed and determined that it is in the best interests of the City of Miami to utilize the existing contract awarded by the City of Miami Beach for the purpose of implementing a city-wide sidewalk telephone program. This sidewalk program will provide the City with the opportunity of identifying critical areas in communities throughout the City that at the present time are without public pay phones. There are no fees or expenses required from the City under this agreement. The proposed agreement will provide the City with additional revenue estimated to •be $157,389 annually based upon 1.2% percent of the local interLATA revenue and 6% percent interLATA minutes of usage annually. Attachment: Proposed Resolution Proposed Agreement Southern Bell Proposal ti ,. F,Pca cw cry°4 hl,r V 7 -t CAM ACOL CA URA DE CON.ERCIO LATINADE LOS ESTAD►OS UNIIaOS cit},Q ,E ` Latin Chamber of Commerce �ilbacx,rA'"' tied int0' June 6, 1989 Bubmi JUNTA DE G0131ERN0 iecoYd in connection 1987 -19s9 Hon. Xavier Suarez fLj _OIl.... PRESIDENTEs DE HONOR Mayor iteIri ------ H.irQi Horatio Aguirre MCittY Manuel Balado City Of Miami Cieik 3500 Pan American Drive, Luis City IuisSabrnes ENrE Miami, Florida 33133 G U Li "CEPRESIDENTES Dear Mayor Suarez: Elpidio NuPsez William Alexander Anthony C. Rivas E-Z Phone, Inc., a four year member of this chamber has brought to Adalverto Ruiz our attention, the desire of the City of Miami to install Mario Pestonit approximately 50 new public pay phones to provide much need A. Armando Alejandre Mario O. Gudisrrez service within the inner city target areas and increase the city's revenue base. SECRETARIO Manuel Vega Also stated in the attached letter, that the Purchasing Department VICESECRETARIOS is preparing legislation to be presented at the Commission meeting HumbertoJ. Pell6n of June 7, 1989 with the recommendation that this contract for Elmer Leyva services be awarded to Southern Bell, piggybacking on the City of TESORERO Miami Beach's recent request for bids to install public phones in Orlando Naranjo its area. VICETESOREROS Angel Fandifio It seems that this type of action initiated by the City of Miami Pedro Aibueme is a measure to keep small and/or minority companies from DIRECTOR DE providing services to its citizens and defeats the purpose of RELACIONES ExTER►ORES legislative items passed by the City Commission for the purpose of Jay Rodriguez insuring the procurement of goods and services from businesses VICEDIRECTORES DE properly certified by the City of Miami, which included the RELACIONESEXTERIORES creation of the Office of Minority/Women Affairs. City of Miami Josh , S. Garcia Be➢o Horatio S. Ordinances No. 9775, 10062, and 10538. DIRECfORES E-Z Pone, Inc., a small Hispanic Women owned pay phone company is Fe andoManuel ManuellRodriguez located and licensed in the City of Miami and is certified by the Rodol(oSanchez Office of Minority/Women Business Afairs, with a proven track Jorge Khuly record. ELwo (Tito) R(era G6mez Fausto Draz Oliver Maria E. Toraho I am hereby respectfully requesting that the City of Miami C.arios M. de la Cruz Jr. Commission reconsider the Administration's recommendation and give Mayor Trinchet Martinez Roberto M. Rodriguez E-Z Phone, Inc., a minority owned company licensed by the City of Sergio Campos Miami, an opportunity to enter into competitive negotiation for Pedro C. Alvarez Cepero the provision of these services. PAST PRESIDENTS Eliseo Riera 136mez Your consideration to this matter will be appreciated. Gilberto Almeida Manuel Balado Rogelio Barrros Sincerely, Eloy B. Gonzalez ASESORES LEGALES a ISECRETM Pedro Ram6n L6pez LucianoIsla Manu Vega Mays Trinchet Marttn� PRESIDENT ASESOR HIPOTECARIO Abel Holtz MAILING ADDRESS: P.O.BOX 350824, MIAMI, FLA. 33135 ASESOR ECONOMICO LS/pa MAIN OFFICE: 1417 W. FLAGLER ST., MIAMI, FLA. 3313� 89-5' 34. Carlos J. Arboleya PHONE: (305) 642-3870 • TELEX:153601 CAMACOL z 1 E.Z. PHONE, INC. A PAY PHONE co. 1401 West Flagler-Street - Suite 207 May 31, 1989 Miami, Fiorida . 33135 Mr. Luis Sabines Phone .(305) 649-8717 President Submitted into the public, Latin Chamber of Commerce CAMACOL record in connection with 1417 W. Flagler St. Miami, Florida 33135 itemCA=3 v on Dear Mr. Sabines: Matty Hirai City Clerk As a member of the Latin Chamber of Commerce of the United States, (CAMACOL), we hereby bring to your attention the following matter in regards to a proposed City of Miami public telephone service provider agreement. The City of Miami in an effort to increase telephone services within its target areas and at the same time increase its revenue base, has analyzed the need to install approximately 50 new public pay phones in already identified locations. Much to our dismay, we have been advised that the City's purchasing department is preparing legislation for the City Commission meeting of June 7, 1989 recommending that contract for the aforementioned services be awarded to Southern Bell without any consideration to vendors registered with the City of Miami, specifically in our case, a small minority (hispanic/women) owned business enterprise located in the City of Miami sin -�i985 and certified by the City's Office of Minority '01ness Affairs. +� The City of Miami has historically passed` egislation dealing with minority/women business affairs and procurement (ordinances 9775, 10062, 10538); and has implemented programs to help the minority/women owned and managed small business enterprises. If the City of Miami is seeking to increase its -revenues, please be advised that E-Z Phone, Inc., out bidded Southern Bell by more than 30% in higher revenues at Jackson Memorial Hospital. E-Z Phone, Inc., is a reliable company which has been operating since 1985, licensed and located in the City of Miami. Your interceding in this matter on behalf of the company will be appreciated, so that we may enter into competitive negotiation with the City to provide public telephone services. 4ncy, :i . . rig President !,