Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Consent
SUBJECT:
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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, Inc., a national dark fiber telecommunications provider with significant fiber assets in Southern California. Crown Castle, Inc. was selected as a qualified contractor to provide Dark Fiber leases to connect the City's internal network with the City's offsite regional data centers.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. APPROVE a contract with Crown Castle, Inc. for Dark Fiber Leases for an amount not to exceed $1,072,000 for a total term of 10 years; and
2. AUTHORIZE the Mayor to execute the contract after approval as to form by the City Attorney.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
The City of Carson is acquiring colocation space at regional data centers to enable initiation of several critical network and server upgrade projects currently on hold until the disaster rec...
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