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Rice County awards $51,980 cabling contract for joint 9-1-1 center to Phone Station
Summary
Board awarded a lateral CAT cabling contract to Phone Station for $51,980 to support the joint Rice–Steele County 9-1-1 center; the bid matched county expectations and funding will be split in the joint budget.
Rice County’s board approved a contract to install lateral CAT cabling at the new joint Rice–Steele County 9-1-1 center after staff recommended Phone Station as the low (and only) responsive bidder at $51,980.
Brian, the 9-1-1 center administrator, told commissioners the RFP spawned four on-site vendor visits but only one formal bid; he said the bid landed within roughly $1,000 of the expected project estimate and that Phone Station had done work for the joint dispatch previously. Funding for the cabling will come from the budgeted technology portion of the 9-1-1 center project split between Rice and Steele counties.
Commissioners asked if the price was fair; staff replied it aligned with estimates and praised the vendor’s local experience. The motion to award the contract passed without recorded opposition.
