Title
Wi-Fi Services on Transit Vehicles
Action
Action:
A. Approve the purchase of wireless services from a cooperative contract,
B. Approve a unit price contract with Kajeet for the purchase of private wireless services for a term of three years under Sourcewell contract #020624-KAJ, and
C. Authorize the City Manager to extend the contract for additional terms as long as the cooperative contract is in effect at prices and terms that are the same or more favorable than those offered under the cooperative contact.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Brent Cagle, CATS
Elizabeth Presutti, CATS
Rachel Gragg, CATS
Explanation
* Public Wi-Fi enhances transit safety by providing reliable connectivity that enables riders to report incidents, share location-aware information, and access safety tools through mobile applications in real time.
* The Charlotte Area Transit System's (CATS) current managed Wi-Fi services have limited content filtering and access control.
* Kajeet offers a managed Wi-Fi portal with access control and content management. Additionally, Kajeet bundles and sells mobile data services which provides a larger mobile data footprint for improved data connectivity.
* NC General Statute Section 143-129(e)(3) allows local governments to purchase from formally organized cooperative purchasing contracts.
* A cooperative purchasing agreement results from the consolidation and competitive solicitation of multiple public agency requirements. By aggregating common needs all agencies are able to leverage economies of scale, such as volume discounts, improved terms and conditions, reduced administrative costs, and access to professional and technical expertise.
* One-time implementation costs are estimated to be $250,000. Annual expenditures are estimated to be $200,000.
Charlotte Business INClusion
Cooperative purchasing contracts leverage contracts established by other governmental agencies and do not involve the city conducting a bidding process and are thus ex...
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