Fiscal Note
The 2017 Adopted Capital Budget includes $250,000 funded by GO Borrowing (Munis project 17230) for the development of an implementation plan as outlined in the Fiber-to-the-Premises Analysis report (Legistar 44446). The proposed resolution authorizes a
sole source purchase of services from CTC Technology & Energy for developing the implementation plan. The City's portion of the actual cost of implementation of Fiber-to-the-Premises is estimated to be $149.1 million, spread over three to five years and will be included in future years' capital budgets subject to the Council's approval at that time.
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Authorizing the
sole source purchase of services from CTC Technology & Energy (CTC) for developing an implementation plan for Fiber-to-the-Premise project, supporting enactment number RES-16-00829.
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WHEREAS, the Fiber-to-the-Premise project is a proposed ultra-high-speed fiber based broadband network deployed citywide; and
WHEREAS, CTC Technology & Energy is an independent communications and IT engineering consulting firm with more than 30 years of experience; and
WHEREAS, the City of Madison hired CTC Technology & Energy to complete the initial Fiber-to-the-Premise Feasibility study; and
WHEREAS, CTC Technology & Energy have intimate knowledge of the risk, ownership, business requirements and structure of a fiber to the premises network within the City of Madison; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council recently adopted a resolution (file #44446) that will allow a city staff team, with help from a consultant, to develop an implementation plan for fiber-to-the-premise; and
WHEREAS, there are no other consulting firms with the specific knowledge of the CTC Technology and Energy feasibility study: and
WHEREAS, a consultant other than CTC Technology and Energy would experience a learning curve to understand the feasibility study already completed by CTC Technology and Energy; and
WHEREAS, the bidding process would delay the implementation ...
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