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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Freddie Williams, Director, Infrastructure & Operations
Mike Baker, Optical Network Engineer
Jeff Anderson, Deputy CIO
DATE: October 5, 2021
SUBJECT:
Resolution to approve the renewal of a 36-month contract for the City of Aurora's Internet bandwidth from Urbancom Communications Inc., Oak Forest, Illinois for an amount of $206,637.50
PURPOSE:
City IT staff is requesting approval to renew a 36-month contract for the City of Aurora's Internet bandwidth from Urbancom Communications Inc., (Urbancom), for 1000 Mbps of Internet bandwidth upon the start of the new agreement. Urbancom has agreed to provide continuous service at the current rate until the new contract is in place.
BACKGROUND:
The City has been using Urbancom Communications Inc. since 2007 as one of the providers of Internet bandwidth for the City services, as well as OnLight Aurora. The City has amended the original agreement several times. The current agreement is due to expire on October 31, 2021.
DISCUSSION:
The new agreement for 1000 Mbps/1000 Mbps is $1,750.00 per month, paid in quarterly installments equaling $5,250.00. The contract term price including equipment upgrade is $206,637.50. The rate of $1,750.00 per month charge is a reduction of the current contact's $1,900.00 per month charge, a savings of 8% over the term of the contract.
Urbancom Communications Inc. uses three Internet services providers for connectivity to provide a fault-tolerant connection.
The current account used is 101-1380419-44-09.
IMPACT STATEMENT:
Accepting this new agreement from Urbancom for Internet service will allow the City to continue to have multiple Internet providers, and allow OnLight Aurora customers with access to additional bandwidth when necessary.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Approve the renewal of a 36-month contract for the City of Aurora's Internet bandwidth from Urbancom Communications Inc., Oak Forest, Illinois for and amount of $206,637.50
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