Engineering staff recommends the expenditure in the amount of $163,286 to Capco Telecom LLC to extend and install the termination points for fiber optic cables and hardware from the intersection of Plano Parkway and Coit Road to a leased Public Works office space at 625 Digital Drive. This work is necessary to allow secure and reliable communications and data transmission for up to 30 public works staff being relocated to this location. This extension would allow these 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 leased facility will not have the necessary secure network bandwidth support.
The funding for this expenditure is coming from the Capital Maintenance Fund (359008).
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. 2024-0052-I).