Recommend approval to renew a repair agreement for radio equipment support services from Motorola Solutions, Inc. in the amount of $205,555.01. Public Safety and 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 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 Police having 681 units and Fire having 281.  The rest are divided amongst various Public Works departments, Sanitation and Mobility Services.  

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 because of 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 annual agreement for FY2020 was approved by Council on March 26, 2020.

 Motorola Solutions, Inc. (Atlanta, GA)(D) $199,567.98

(D) Indicates a non-local, non-DBE business. Recommend approval.

Approval