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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-88-0712w' J-88-768 7/21/88 RESOLUTION NO. SS" i 1 A RESOLUTION REJECTING ALL BIDS/PROPOSALS RECEIVED BY THE CITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE LEASE/PURCHASE OF A TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR CITYWIDE PURPOSES; FURTHER, DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO SEEK NEW BIDS/PROPOSALS BASED ON SUCH SPECIFICATIONS AS HE DEEMS APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF SAID SYSTEM. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. All bids received by the City in connection with the lease/purchase of a telephone system for Citywide purposes are hereby rejected and the City Manager is hereby directed to seek new bids/proposals based on such specifications as he deems appropriate for the procurement of said system. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of r XAVIER L ATTE`St : MATTY HIRAI CITY CLERK PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: ROBERT F. CLARK CHIEF DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CQRRECTNESS: -JORGE LZ-FERIJANDEZ CITY ATTORNE RFC:bss:M769 July '-, , 1988. Z, MAYOR C-ITY COMM-115SIOD1 ME1;"1H4G OF JUL 19" gas-y712 SOLUTION No. h;hlinS 21 CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA ■ 'ROM INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM The Honorable Mayor and Members OITE of the City Commission SUBJECT Cesar H. Odl REFERENCES City Manager J ENCLOSURES RECOMMENDATION: J U L- 5 1.,A,q .ILE Resolution Authorizing Award of an Agreement for the ease/Purchase of a Telecommunication System It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached resolution awarding a multi -year lease/purchase agreement for equipment, including installation of a City wide telecommunication system, from American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, as the company submitting the most cos: effective proposal to the City; and further approving the Chief Procarement Officer's decision to reject a protest received in connection with said award. Annual cost of this lease/purchase agreement will be approximately $331,000, a savings of approximately $219,000 annually, as compared to the current estimated costs of $550,000. Over a multi -year lease/purchase period, total cost is estimated to be $1,113,000, at which time the City will own the equipment. Funds for this contract shall be available from the budget of the General Services Administration Department, Account N-o. 420601- 510. BACKGROUND: The General Services Administration Department has analyzed proposals -received pursuant a Request for Proposals, which was developed following the conduct of an operational analysis of the City's telecommunications system requirements and needs. Three proposals were received in response to the Request for Proposals and evaluated to select the best proposal in terms of equipment, installation, maintenance and cost. The proposal evaluated as the most cost effective for the City of Miami was that of the American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation. Several years ago, the City of Miami followed a course of renting telecommunications equipment until the A T & T divestiture issue was settled, because of uncertainty as to the future of the industry. Since that time, the telecommunications market has changed considerably, in price structure, equipment capability, security requirements, equipment availability and other system features. Present telephone equipment costs are approximately $550,000 annually. Award in accord with this recommendation should save the City approximately $219,000 annually and improve service. The total savings in future years will be the full " OS-712_ . / - � The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission $550,000 after pay -out of the slightly less than four years. Page 2 leasd/purchase agreement in It is recommended that award be made to American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, a non -minority vendor, as the bidder submitting the most cost effective proposal. Annual cost of this lease/purchase agreement will be approximately $331,000; over a multi -year lease period, total cost is estimated to be $1,113,000. Funds for this contract shall be available from the budget of the General Services Administration Department, Account No. 420601-510. Amount of Bid: $1,113,000 $ of Cost Estimates: N/A Source of Funds: Funds shall be available from 1987-88 General Services Department, Account #420601-510. Public Hearings/Notices: N/A Assessable Project: N/A Attachment: Proposed Resolution ` 8-'712 Z.- Cesar H. Odio Ci Manager Ro E. Williams, =40M General Services CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM DATE June 22, 1988 VILE, SUBJECT Fesolut ion of Bid Protest, RFP #87-88-056 Telecommunication Director System Lease/Purchase Administration REFERENCES Southern Bell Protest ENCLOSURES. Letter Attached is a copy of a letter from Southc. —,. 21c11 n"Ja,-,CCu Systems (SEAS) which serves as SBAS's official protest to the City of Miami in regard to the award of RFP #87-88-056, for the lease/purchase of a Citywide Telecommunication System. As Chief Procurement Officer, I have reviewed the protest and the procedures which have led to the award of RFP #87-88-056 to the American Telephone & Telegraph Company. It is my conclusion that the protest of SBAS is without merit and it is hereby rejected by me for the following reasons: 1. The procedure used for the evaluation and the method of selection of the winning proposal was fair and impartial. 2. The proposal of Southern Bell Advanced Systems was evaluated by the selection committee to be less advantageous to the City in the area of system costs, rated lower than AT&T in the area of systems requirements and configurations, less desirable in the area of systems warranty and maintenance, and less acceptable in the area of project approach and methodology. In accord with the provisions of Section 18-56.1(b) of the Code of the City of Miami, please sign below indicating your recommendation and app_oval of this bid protest resolution. The award of this contract is scheduled for the City Commission meeting of June 23,1988. Approve Approved C4iltyA City Manager `3S--712_. Jo H. McGee Brencn Sales monger June 7, 1988 Mr, Ron E. Williams Chief Procurement officer City of Miami 1390 N. W. 20th Street Miami, F1 33142 Dear Mr. Williams, Southem Bell ADVANCED SYSTEMS 5757 Blue Lagoon Orrve Suite 100 Miami, Florida 33126 Phone: (3O5)266.12OO Southern Bell Advanced Systems (SBAS) has requested from the City of Miami the addendum responses from AT&T to R.F.P. #87-88-056. This information is necessary for us to complete our evaluation to determine if SBAS should protest the recommendation of AT&T to the Board of Commissioners. In order to comply with City Code Section 18-56.1, this letter will officially serve as SBAS's protest to the City of Miami in regards to the aforementioned recommendation. Again, I am requesting AT&T's addendum responses to the following Sections D.8 Bid Price Time Period; P.2.2 Length of Agreement; and P.2.3 Contract Cost Increase CAP; P.10.5 Equipment Price Freeze for Relocations. We are also requesting a fourteen (14) day extension from the date we receive this information. Your consideration and cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated. Should you have any questions, please contact me at 262-5500. Very truly ,ours, ;Blanch Sales Manager ` S-712.. - Z: r - c F R 2 1 4 : T. 'F4 M 4.i PI T t: _, ✓ ,� c , .. T- e el r N T i T1; In -% G a. FA CITY 0►* MIAM,, ►6011110A INTCA-OrrICC MCMO/WANCIUM to GAI[ Wij} iam J. Schaut P �bdu cement Supervisor "'"J"'' P�oc�ureTon a agement Division rR�M a 11fPEQi VGfS o E. WL iams, Director ve eral Services Administration cr+c.osu.cs hL[ Lease/Purchase of American Telephone Telegraph Systems 'Phis Department has verified with the Departments of Finance anti Manage -rent & BjCyet that tunas are available in the Genaral Services Administration Department 0 er!ti ^" fl''^''e t cc ^� 420601-5.10, for the lease/purchase of the telephone) system, for City wide purposes at an estimated total cost not. to exceed $1pll31000, the ainr.uaI cost of this multi -year lease/purct',a:ie agreement will be approximately $331,000. FINANc:E REVIE'R AND APPROVED BY: --- * - N/A Carlos Garcia, Director Department, of Finance a BUDGETARY REVIEW AND APPROVEU BY: Manohec 8 a, Director Departmen-.__,of management 6 Budget r ADDITIONAL APPROVALS (IF REQUIRED) __ Sergio `Rodrig.:ez,D1rec- torg Planning Dept. N/A _ Frank Castanedar Direc- tor, Community Develop- ment Department AWARD OF BID RFP No. 87-88.056 ITEM: Telecommunications System City 'nude DEPARTMENT: General Services Administration TYPE OF PURdHASE: Lease Purchase multi year contract REASON: To improve the functionality of the overall telecommunications System to reduce cost and increase the end user productivity through efficient utilization of the system POTENTIAL BIDDERS. 23 RFP RECEIVED: 3 FUNDS: 1988-89 Operating Budget of the General Services Administration Department Division account 1420601- 510 and sub;ect to the availability of funds for the succeeding fiscal - Years-MINORITY/WOMAN PARTICIPATION: Invitations to Bid were sent to two (2) Hispanic firms engaged in the Telecommunications business as located in the following source: 1. New Vendors applications Invitations to Bid were sent to fifteen (15) minority organizations. No Minority response was received. BID EVALUATION: Following is an analysis of t:,e Request for Proposal: Category Number of Bid Number of Invitations Mailed Responses Prior Bidders Black American 0 0 Hispanic American 0 0 Woman Owned 0 0 ?Ion -Minority 0 0 New Bidders Black American 0 0 Hispanic American 2 0 Woman Owned 0 0 Non -Minority 21 3 Courtesv Notifications 15 0 "No Bids" - 0 Late Bids - 0 Totals 38 3 Page 1 of 2 ` S-712 . (0 V #.. RECOMMENDA-T ON: IT 1S RECOMM-tNbEb THAT THE AWARD M MADE TO AMERi�A,V TELEPHONE & 1'E1,EORAPH CORPORATION AT A TOTAL ESTIMAT D COST NOT TO EXCEED $1,113.000.00. Procurement supervisor Date The Minority & Women Business Administrator concurs with the above recommendation. rt;.,nr�r•., k Women Busi:ess Administrator i 1 Date Page 2 0£ 2 TI1�_ — r'.— = c lJF r, '_• 44 LNIJ r,EF•T F It J-88-516 6--22-88 RF.S01,0TION NO. _ A RESULUTION A(-CE:PTING T11E PROPOSAL OF AMERICAN TELEPHONE h TEI,EGRAPH CORPORATION AND AUTHORIZINO THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A MULTI -YEAR AGREEMENT IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE: TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE LEASE./PURC'HASE OF A TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR CITY WIDE PURPOSES AT AN ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST OF $331,000.00 FOR A TOTAL COST NOT TO EXCEED $ 1 , 1 1 3 , 000 .00 ; FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF (IF.NERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFUR FROM THE OPERATING BUDGET or THE. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT CODE NO. 420601-510, SUBJECT To THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR SUCCEF.DINu FISCAL YEARS, FURTHER APPROVING THE. CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER'S DECISION TO REJECT A PROTEST RECEIVED IN CONNECTION WITH SAID PROJECT. Wt1EkF:AS, the City of Miami's present telecommunications system Conslyts of independent teleccmmunic:atlons aystems working behind the City'S SOLIthern Rell Telephone and Telegrnr'n 1;33X service. In 1983 th" City accepted the recommendations of a tcicC0tti1nur1i0.'1ti011S C011sultarlt to continue rentiny the in -place telephone station Ylai lware; and WHF,REAS, since that time, the telecommunications mnrket has changed collaiderably, in price structure, equipment cetrability, security requirements, equipment availability and other system features; *nM WHEREAS, significant price and tariff increases have contributed to the increase in the City's telephone systems ^nd network costs, presently in excess of one (1) million dollars. Tbase cost increases, in addition to increased end user demands for additional and enhanced telecommunications systems functionality, have placed a greater emphasis on the City's need to address its system; and WHEREAS, as an initial step in improving the City's telecommunications systems and controlling costs, the City's management signed a multi -year cuntrac:t with Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph for central office based ESSX service. -1- ti •_4 -4 .4 L + 14 U E F• T It This represents a significant portion of the City's overntt telecommunications systems, however, the end user station hardware, which is presently rented from American Telephone Telegraph, does not meet the City's needs in a cost effective manner; and WliEKEAS, following the conduct of an operational analysis of its City wide telecommunications systems, the City has identified functional telecommunications requirements and needs for the City's locations and were outlined in the Request for Proposal. It is the City management'n focus to further improve the functionality of the overall telecommunications systems through replacement of the end user hardware, significantly reduce its associated costs, and increase the end user productivity through efficient utilization of its telecommunication systemsi and WHEREAS, Request for Proposals were solicited and received for the furnishing of equipment, material, inatallation and maintenance of the ay^-te^r in accordance with specifications prepared by the city's consultant n nd Communication Division; and WHEREAS, three responses to the Request for Proposals were received; and WHEREAS, it was determined by the Chief Procurement officer and a selection committee that the proposal from American Telephone & Telegraph Corporation best meets the needs of the City and is the most cost effective to the City and Southern hell Advanced Telephone Systems and Volt Information Systems did not meet the City's needs cost effectively; and WHEREAS, uction in accord with this recommendation should save the City approximately $219,000 annually and improve service; and WHEREAS, funds for this multi -year lease/purchase are available in tho General Nervices Administration Department Account Code No. 420601--510; subject to the availability of funds for succeeding fiscal years. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION or THE CITY OF MIAMI , FL,ORT DA : 2 - q. t 4 S L HW TiEF' 1 Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this remolution are burehy apyruved, confirmed anti adopted hy► roference thereto and incorporated herein eke it fully set forth in this sectior►. Section 2. Upon ret:ommendAtion of the City Manager and the city Attorney, the Chief Procurement officer's deciaion to reject the protest filed by Southern Bell Advanced System iee hereby APproved. Section 3. The March 29, 1988 proposal of American Telephone & ToIegraph Corporation for the furnishing of equipn.ent, material, installation and maintenance of a City wide telecommunication System on a multi -year Lease/Putcliase agreement for the General Services Administrntion Department at a total estimated aiinual cost of $331,000.00 for a total cost not to exceed $1, 113,000.00 is hereby accepted with funds f-Leref.or hereby Allocated from the General Services Administration Department Account Coele No. 420601-510 and subject to the availability of funds for succeeding fiscal years. Section 4. The City Manager is hereby authorize%i to enter Into a multi -year agreement in a forn acceptable to the City Attorney for the lease/purchase of the Telecommunicntion 6yntem. PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of 1908. ATTEST: MAT Y HIRAI, CITY CLERK PR};P n AND APPROVED BY. �7* &" DAERT F. CLARK V/c CHIEF DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY APPROVED AS TO fO�iM AND CORRECTNESS: JOE L. OFERNAND C1 Y ATTORNEY XAVIER L. SUAREZ MAYOR '`iS-712