REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
January 24, 2023
FROM
CHAD NOTTINGHAM, Deputy Executive Officer, Innovation and Technology Department
SUBJECT
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Contract with Frontier Communications of America, Inc. for Countywide Telecommunication Services
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. 19-394, including non-standard terms, with Frontier Communications of America, Inc. to add an additional service schedule for Session Initiation Protocol trunking, with no change to the not-to-exceed amount of $12,200,000, or the contract period of July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2024.
(Presenter: Chad Nottingham, Deputy Executive Officer, 387-4811)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Improve County Government Operations.
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. 19-394 with Frontier Communications of America, Inc. (Frontier) will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). Operating costs are recovered via service rates approved annually by the Board of Supervisors (Board). The not-to-exceed amount of $12,200,000 is sufficient to allow for payment of the annual recurring charge of $47,174 for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking services for the remaining period of the performance of the Contract, through June 30, 2024. Innovation and Technology Department's (ITD) current annual cost under this contract is $1,976,292, which does not include the proposed annual increase of $47,174 for added services. Sufficient appropriation has been included in the ITD Telecommunication Services 2022-23 budget and will be included in future recommended budgets.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
ITD provides a variety of professional information technology and data communications services to all County departments and special districts. These IT...
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