Engineering staff recommends the expenditure in the amount of $114,062 to Capco Communications, Inc. to extend and install the termination points for fiber optic cables and hardware from the intersection of Parker Road and Jupiter Road to the intersection of Los Rios Boulevard and Parker Road. This work is necessary to improve communication with our Traffic Controls System and the proposed Oak Point Parks Maintenance Facility. This extension would allow these future local network assets to reach the network hardware locations and the dedicated fiber ring terminals.
If the City Council does not approve this expenditure, this area will not have the necessary network bandwidth support for both, the ongoing Traffic Controls System modernization project and the proposed Oak Point Parks Maintenance Facility.
The funding for this expenditure is coming from the Transportation CIP (36759).
The City is authorized to purchase from a cooperative purchasing program with another local government or a local cooperative organization pursuant to Chapter 271 Subchapter F of the Texas Local Government Code and by doing so satisfies any State Law requiring local governments to seek competitive bids for items. (Frisco ISD Bid No. 001-2020-09 and the City of Plano Contract No.2023-0604-O)