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COMMISSION ITEM SUMMARY
Condensed Title:
Award a Contract to BellSouth for Local and Long Distance Telephone Services, Pursuant to Bid NO. 49-
02/03, Providing Citywide Local and Long Distance Telephone Services in the Estimated Annual Amount of
$685,000.
the City Commission award a contact to BellSouth?
Item Summary/Recommendation:
The purpose of the Bid is to reduce the City's current annual expenditure for both local and long distance
telephone service. After analyzing both BellSouth's and AT & T's bids, the Administration is recommending
the award of a contract to BellSouth for both local and long distance telephone service. Said award
represents an annual cost savings to the City of $119,000, which was calculated as follows:
Long distance. BellSouth proposed to provide long distance service at an annual cost of $41,503, which
represents a $23,497 annual cost savings when compared to the current AT & T contract. The City
currently pays $65,000 for long distance service with AT & T. AT & T proposed a two-year contract at the
same cost structure as we have today. Please refer to Attachment 1 for the long distance detail cost
comparison.
Local service. BellSouth's Business Master Agreement (BBMA) and Customer Service Agreement (CSA)
provide a cost savings of 13% or $96,600 annually on local service. Additionally, the City will maximize the
benef'~s of the BBMA contract by receiving an additional 13% discount on the long distance rates. The
discount was applied to the Bellsouth long distance costs listed above.
Advisory Board Recommendation:
Financial Inform;
Source of
Funds:
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Amount Account Approved
1 $685,000 550.1750.000316
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