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Committee forwards five-year, $75M AT&T telecommunications agreement to full Board with recommendations
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The Budget & Finance Committee voted to forward a five-year, up-to-$75 million master telecommunications agreement with AT&T to the full Board with recommendations after analysts and department staff described consolidation benefits, CalNet pricing, and requested contract clarifications.
The Budget and Finance Committee on Monday voted to forward to the full Board of Supervisors a proposed five-year, up-to-$75,000,000 telecommunications agreement with AT&T, while asking staff to amend and monitor several contract details.
John Walton of the Department of Technology told the committee the agreement consolidates roughly five separate city contracts under one enterprise agreement and leverages the state CalNet 2 contract to secure consistent terms and discounted rates. "This will be our amendment to a contract," Walton said, adding the consolidation creates "a single point where we can report back to you on spend on a regular basis."
Budget analyst Mr. Rose summarized the analysts' review and recommended clarifications. He said the $75 million not-to-exceed amount is based on past usage plus projected large…
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