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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Keith Cross, Police Chief
Dave McCabe, Fire Chief
Matt Thomas, Deputy Police Chief
Dan Osman, Deputy Fire Chief
Michael Pegues, Chief Information Officer
Jeff Anderson Deputy Chief Information Officer
DATE: December 1, 2023
SUBJECT:
A Resolution authorizing the Director of Purchasing to enter into a managed services agreement for a Public Safety and Municipal Radio System from L3Harris Corporation, Lynchburg, VA for an agreement amount of $15,900,000.60 for 10 years.
PURPOSE:
The L3Harris Radio System is designed to support and provides 24/7 city wide communications for both Public Safety and city municipal employees. This critical system currently operates L3Harris' 15-year-old, sun-setted OpenSky Platform. IT Staff has worked diligently with L3Harris for nearly 4 years on an upgrade path to the Project 25 (P25) radio standard.
BACKGROUND:
In 2019, Council Resolution R19-209 authorized the upgrade of radio consoles and servers in the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), Backup Communications Center (BCC) and Emergency Management Agency (EMA) from the existing Windows Vista platforms to new, more flexible platform that supported not only the OpenSky standard, but also the industry standard P25 standard.
As this upgrade was successful and has performed well, City staff desired to continue the long-standing relationship with L3Harris. With the investment the City made upgrading the radio consoles and servers as well as the investment in radio tower equipment and radios themselves, it was clear that the most cost-effective method to upgrade to the P25 standard was to continue to work with L3Harris.
Since this upgrade, City staff have continued to work with L3Harris to find a way to more to a managed service that shifts from significant capital expenses (CapEx) to more predictable operational expenses (OpEx). City staff believes that this agreement provides that and L3Harris has taken this model to other client...
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