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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Mike Baker, Optical Network Engineer
Shanita Thompson, Director IT Operations
DATE: February 3, 2020
SUBJECT:
Approve resolution to use NTI National Technologies, 5101 Thatcher Road, Downers Grove, IL 60515, as the primary fiber vendor for doing fiber work for the City of Aurora. Our secondary fiber vendor would be Adesta LLC of Willowbrook IL. Adesta LLC of Willowbrook IL is the alternate fiber vendor on the Kane County Bid 23-018 for Fiber Optic Support Services. The City of Aurora currently uses NTI as the vendor for emergency fiber optic repair.
Any fiber optic work done for the city is based on pricing from the Kane County Bid 23-018 for Fiber Optic Support Services awarded on June 12, 2018. Kane County Bid 23-018 is valid for years 2018, 2019 and 2020.
PURPOSE:
NTI National Technologies, 5101 Thatcher Road, Downers Grove, IL 60515, has been the Emergency Fiber Repair vendor for the City of Aurora for 2018, 2019 and 2020. NTI National Technologies also performed the fiber optic audit on the City of Aurora's fiber optic network in 2018. This has given NTI extensive field knowledge of the City's fiber optic network. This submission is based on the combination of the competitive rates based on the Kane County Bid 23-018 for Fiber Optic Support Services, and the city's history with NTI's work.
BACKGROUND:
NTI National Technologies, 5101 Thatcher Road, Downers Grove, IL 60515, has been the Emergency Fiber Repair vendor for the City of Aurora for 2018, 2019 and 2020. NTI National Technologies also performed the fiber optic audit on the City of Aurora's fiber optic network in 2018. This has given NTI extensive field knowledge of the City's fiber optic network. The audit also provided the splicing information that we are in the process of adding to our GIS ArcMap software.
OnLight Aurora, the non-profit agency managing the City's fiber network in accordance with the Master License Agreement, also uses NTI Nati...
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