Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, August 06, 2024
Consent
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CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF CONTRACT FOR DARK FIBER WITH CROWN CASTLE FIBER LLC (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
On December 1, 2023, the Purchasing Division released an RFP (No. 23-049) for Dark Fiber Leases and/or Dark Fiber Indefeasible Right of Use (IRU) services. The purpose of the Dark Fiber Lease is to provide primary and redundant fiber optic network connections between the City's data centers and City Hall. The Dark Fiber lease agreements will serve to support the City of Carson's regional data centers as a component of Carson's IT Disaster Recovery Protocols.
The RFP closed on December 18, 2024, and no bids were received. Pursuant to CMC Section 2611(b)(3), the Purchasing Manager has determined since no proposals were received, the procurement may proceed without further compliance with competitive proposal requirements, and recommended City staff to solicit for quotes from regional telecommunications providers. Staff solicited quotes from regional telecommunications providers and received one (1) competitive quote from Crown Castle Fiber LLC, a national dark fiber telecommunications provider with significant fiber assets in Southern California. Crown Castle Fiber LLC was selected as a qualified consultant to provide Dark Fiber leases/licenses to connect the City's internal network with the City's offsite regional data centers. City Council approved an agreement with Crown Castle Fiber LLC during the April 16, 2024 Council Meeting.
After City Council's approval on April 16, 2024, Crown Castle Fiber staff communicated the firm would remove installation costs for construction as the company is voluntarily building their network backbone to City of Carson. The removal of the construction contract language and modification to a telecommunications license agreement led to a significant update in the contract language for both City and vendor. In addition, the contract cha...
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