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<br />disappointing was that they all proposed providing power to the phone by having it plugged <br />into the oftice wall outlets. The downside of this would be during a power outage phones <br />would not be available. The preferred method is providing power to the phone over the <br />network cabling thru either a powered patch panel or a powered switch. One would then <br />have either the powered patch pane! or powered switch on an uninterruptible power supply. <br />This configuration would maintain phone availability during a power outage. <br /> <br />We communicated in the RPF that vendor IP solutions would be competing with <br />traditional phone systems and that we reserved the right to reject all of the proposals. <br /> <br />My recommendation is that we reject all of the proposals and award the phone contract <br />to Inter-Tel using the state contract. <br /> <br />The following are some of my reasons for the recommendation of the Inter-Tel solution: <br />· Their solution was both complete and cost less than any of the native IP <br />solutions <br />· Because their solution is IP enabled we can realized the above mentioned <br />benefits of an IP solution in targeted areas like: software phones in squad cars. <br />· Inter-Tel has the largest market share in the 100 to 400 station contlguration <br /> <br />· Northstar Access our local carrier just purchased an Inter-Tel solution and is also <br />in the process of deploying it using the Internet protocol to reduce total trunk <br />circuit requirements. This is exactly how we intend to deploy the Inter-Tel <br />systems to reduce circuit costs to outlying locations <br /> <br />· They had excellent references for both implementation and support. <br /> <br />· They were near the lowest in maintenance costs over a five year period <br /> <br />Inter-Tel is offering us use of the state contract with the pricing they submitted in the <br />RFP process which is about 40% better than the published state contract pricing <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />The award to Inter-Tel for and Inter-Tel phone system for City Hall, Public Safety and <br />outlying locations in the amount of $94,845.59. (per state contract 428806) <br />