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Dept/ Agency: Fire
Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: EUS Contract
Purpose: Fire Communications Service
Entity Name: New Jersey Office of Information Technology
Entity Address: 300 Riverview Plaza, PO Box 212, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0212
Contract Amount: $23,375.00 per year, for five (5) years, for a total amount not to exceed $116,875.00
Funding Source: 2014 Fire Department Budget
Contract Period: (5) years from the go-live date of October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2018 (which was memorialized by the parties in a separate writing)
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:
No Action Taken, June 18, 2014
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark Fire Department continues its efforts to increase its communication equipment and be in compliance with the Federal Communication Commission ("FCC") mandatory narrowbanding mandate which seeks to promote more efficient use of the VHF and UHF land mobile bands; and
WHEREAS, many public safety communications systems throughout the State of New Jersey are in critical need of replacement or costly upgrades as a result of the FCC's Narrowbanding mandate that became effective as of January 1, 2013; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Resolution No. 149 of the 213th Legislature identified the FCC Narrowbanding mandate and declared Interoperability can be best achieved through development or expansion of regional and statewide radio networks and economies of scale exist when sharing such networks; and
WHEREAS, many public safety communications systems operating in the UHF spectrum vacated by television broadcasters are experiencing harmful interference since the nationwide conversion to digital television ...
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