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The Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to utilize a MiDeal cooperative contract with Verizon Wireless for Automatic Vehicle Location hardware devices, software and monthly services for Fleet vehicles, for a total contract amount not-to-exceed $256,110 and a term of 3.75 years. The BOWC also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
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Agenda of February 19, 2020
Item No.: 20-0032
Contract No: 6002684
Contractor: Verizon Wireless
7600 Montpelier Road, Laurel, MD 20723
Contract Total Amount: $256,110
Contract Term: 3/1/2020 - 12/14/2023 (3.75 years and no renewals)
TO: The Honorable
Board of Water Commissioners
City of Detroit, Michigan
FROM: Gary Brown, Director
Water and Sewerage Department
RE: Proposed DWSD Contract 6002684
Purchase of Automatic Vehicle Location hardware devices, software and monthly services for DWSD Fleet vehicles from Verizon Wireless
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Mamata Burgi, Procurement Manager, the Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to utilize a MiDeal cooperative contract with Verizon Wireless for Automatic Vehicle Location hardware devices, software and monthly services for Fleet vehicles, for a total contract amount not-to-exceed $256,110 and a term of 3.75 years. The BOWC also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND & JUSTIFICATION
The DWSD Fleet Services Department has had a long standing goal of installing Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) units on all the light, medium and heavy duty fleet vehicles. AVL provides significant value in improving driver safety, vehicle efficiency and effectiveness by allowing access to current GPS locations and diagnostics data anytime. The AVL sys...
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