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AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A LINKING AGREEMENT WITH CENTURYLINK COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, AND FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS
Staff Contact: Chuck Murphy, Chief Information Officer, Innovation and Technology
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Purpose and Recommended Action
Recommendation
This is a request for City Council to authorize the City Manager to enter into a new Linking Agreement with CenturyLink Communications, LLC. (CenturyLink) for a term commencing June 14, 2016 and ending on June 30, 2017, and to authorize the City Manager, at their discretion, to renew the agreement for three additional one-year periods until June 30, 2020. Under the terms of the agreement, CenturyLink will provide products and services to the City utilizing the State of Arizona cooperative purchasing agreement ADSPO15-088468. This request also includes approval of expenditure authority in an amount not to exceed $2,500,000 over the life of the agreement
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Background
CenturyLink provides Internet, Voice, Video and Data circuits to the city at a monthly cost based on the state contract. Century Link has signed a new State contract (ADSPO15-088468). In order for the city to take advantage of the State Contract pricing a new linking agreement must be approved to reflect the new pricing.
Cooperative purchasing allows counties, municipalities, schools, colleges and universities in Arizona to use a contract that was competitively procured by another governmental entity or purchasing cooperative. Such purchasing helps reduce the cost of procurement, allows access to a multitude of competitively bid contracts, and provides the opportunity to take advantage of volume pricing. The Glendale City Code authorizes cooperative purchases when the solicitation process utilized complies with the intent of Glendale's procurement processes. This cooperative purchase is compliant with Chapter 2, Article V, Division 2, Section 2-149 of the Glendale City Code, per review by Materials Management.
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