Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Information Technology
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Telecommunications Services
Purpose: To enter into a Purchasing Agreement with InterGlobe Communications, Inc. for wholesale telecommunications of Verizon Services
Entity Name: InterGlobe Communications, Inc.
Entity Address: 101 Tyrellan Avenue, Staten Island, New York 10309
Contract Amount: $200,000.00
Funding Source: Office of Information Technology - 71420 Equipment maintenance $100,000.00/ Office Services - 71510 Telephone Charges $100,000.00
Contract Period: Upon adoption by the Municipal Council through January 31, 2018
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. (X) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark ("City") desires to obtain Telecommunications Services at more competitive rates without compromising on quality or service; and
WHEREAS, on March 21, 2013, InterGlobe Communications, Inc. ("InterGlobe") and Verizon New Jersey Inc. ("Verizon"), a New Jersey corporation, pursuant to Section 252? of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, P.L. 104-104,110 Stat. 56 (codified in scattered sections of 47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) ("the Act") submitted to the New Jersey State Board of Public Utilities ("Board") a joint application for approval of a certain proprietary negotiated interconnection Agreement ("Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(f) states that the contract may be awarded without public bidding if it is a service by a public utility which is subject to the jurisdiction of the Board; and
WHEREAS, on May 31, 2013, the Board approved the Agreement as presented by both parties, enabling InterGlobe Communications, Inc., to act as a wholesaler of telecommunications services, et al. a...
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