Recommend approval to renew an annual contract for a maintenance and repair agreement with Motorola Solutions, Inc.  in the amount of $211,722.  Public Safety, Public Works, and Water Resources staff use the radio equipment for communication support. This agreement covers repair or replacement of radio system hardware, networking equipment, control stations, technician dispatch and onsite infrastructure repair with advanced replacement for parts. The agreement with Motorola is critical to ensure authorized, knowledgeable and timely vendor repair and support if and when it is necessary. This is a sole source due to the complex design and architecture of the radio system and because Motorola, the original provider, does not allow other vendors to perform primary repairs or support of its system.

The City of Savannah owns and maintains three radio sites and one master site. Each radio site contains 24 radio repeaters and associated networking equipment required for operation. Radio sites include locations on Kerry Street, Southside (Burnside Island) and Westside (Pooler). The master site is located at the Chatham County Sheriff’s complex. It contains the servers, routers, firewalls and switches necessary to operate the SEGARRN system. These four sites are the primary focus of the Motorola service agreement.

The City currently owns over 1640 subscriber radios. Most of these radios are in Public Safety with the City of Savannah Police having 681 units and the City of Savannah Fire having 281. The rest are divided among various Public Works departments, the Sanitation Department and the Mobility Services Department.

There is an inflation increase from the maintenance and repair agreement from FY21 of $6,167.

Delivery: As needed. Terms: Net 30 Days. The bidders were:

S.S.      Motorola Solutions, Inc. (500 West Monroe Street, Chicago, IL)^(D)                          $211,722

A pre-proposal conference was not conducted as this is an annual contract renewal. (D) Indicates non-local, non-DBE business. Recommend approval.

Local available: No

Total sent: 1

Total received: 1

Vendor federally debarred/suspended: No

Approval