Approval of an Amendment to an Existing Professional Services Agreement with Networld Solutions Consulting (San Diego CA) for Consulting Services Related to RFP #1410 for Network Infrastructure Refresh and VOIP Telephone System. City of Culver City California City Council Agenda Item Report Meeting Date: 04/13/09 Item Number: C 8 AGENDA ITEM: Approval of an Amendment to an Existing Professional Services Agreement with Networld Solutions Consulting (San Diego CA) for Consulting Services Related to RFP #1410 for Network Infrastructure Refresh and VOIP Telephone System. Contact Person/Dept.: John Richo Phone Number: 310 253 5950 Fiscal Impact: Yes X No General Fund: Yes X No Public Hearing: Public Notification: Master E Mail Notification List (04/08/09) Networld Solutions Consulting (04/09/08) Action Item: Attachments: X Department Approval: John Richo (04/07/09) Chief Financial Officer Approval: Jeff Muir (04/08/09) City Attorney Approval: Carol Schwab (by H. Baker) (04/07/09) City Manager Approval: Jerry B. Fulwood (04/08/09) RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the City Council approve an extension of an existing professional services agreement with Networld Solutions Consulting for consulting services related to RFP #1410 for network infrastructure refresh and VOIP telephone system. BACKGROUND: In December 2008 the City entered into a consulting services agreement (attachment 1) with Networld Solutions to provide assistance in refining the City s RFP for VOIP telephone system Networking Infrastructure refresh. This agreement was under $10 000 and therefore was administratively approved by the City Manager. The RFP was released January 27 2009 and a vendor conference was held on February 17 2009. Seventy six individuals representing forty one different vendors attended the conference. DISCUSSION: On March 31st 2009 the City received proposals from 16 vendors covering a wide range of options related to both network hardware network architecture and VOIP. The IT Departmen...
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