SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Award a contract (Purchase Order) to Verizon, Florida, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida for telephone service including frame relay service, T1's, credit/collect calls and backup trunks during the period of October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015 at a cost not to exceed $123,095, in accordance with Sec 2.564 (1) (e) Code of Ordinances, impractical to bid, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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SUMMARY:
The total Verizon Purchase Order is $123,095, broken down as follows: Frame relay, Point to Point T1's, B1 lines, and radio circuits for the network, $109,995; backup trunks for the PBX network in case the T1's fail, $13,100.
This Purchase Order represents a reduction of $107,730 (46.67%) from last year.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
0555-09865-542100-519-000-0000 - $123,095