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Authorizing the Public Property Commissioner and the Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into an agreement with Motorola, Inc., for Motorola to design, build, install, optimize, and maintain facilities and equipment for the upgrade of the City's 800 MHz trunked municipal radio communications system; all under certain terms and conditions.
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WHEREAS, the City initially selected Motorola, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Motorola"), through a competitive process, to furnish, install and fully implement a circuit-based 800 MHz trunked municipal radio communications system for the use of the City, and entered into Contract No. 99-0844 dated June 30, 1999 by and between the City and Motorola for the initial construction of the City's trunked municipal radio system; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that it is advisable to upgrade the City's existing circuit-based ASTRO 800 MHz trunked municipal radio communications system to an Internet Protocol-based ASTRO 25 IP network; now therefore,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. The Public Property Commissioner and the Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, are hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with Motorola, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Motorola"), to design, build, install, optimize, and maintain facilities and equipment, for the upgrade of the City's existing circuit-based ASTRO 800 MHz trunked municipal radio communications system to Motorola's open-standards, Internet Protocol (IP) based ASTRO 25 IP network (the "Upgrade"), in accordance with a Scope of Services to be negotiated by Motorola and the Department of Public Property, and incorporating provisions that the City Solicitor believes to be in the best interests of the City.
SECTION 2. The agreement authorized in Section 1 of this Ordinance shall have terms consistent with those set forth in Exhibit "A" hereto, and shall in...
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