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Consider recommendations regarding Countywide Telecommunications and Data Agreements with Frontier Communications of America, Inc., as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Services Agreement (Agreement) with Frontier Communications of America, Inc. (Frontier) for Countywide telecommunications and data services for a maximum contract amount not to exceed $2,315,690.76, inclusive of the base contract amount and estimates for taxes, tariffs, fees, and increases for renewals of existing services during the term of the Agreement, for the period beginning August 26, 2025, and ending the later of August 25, 2030, or 60 months from successful service connection for Schedule S-5550176391, which includes the following schedules:
i) Business Local and LD Schedule S-0000443862;
ii) Business Local and LD Schedule S-0000443861;
iii) Business Local and LD Schedule S-0000440851;
iv) Private Line Schedule S-0000444435;
v) Private Line Schedule S-0000444436;
vi) Private Line Schedule S-0000444437;
vii) Private Line Schedule S-0000450919;
viii) Private Line Schedule S-0000451040;
ix) Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN) Schedule S-5550176391; and
x) Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN) Schedule S-0000451050;
b) Approve and authorize the Chief Procurement Officer to execute additional Schedules to the Board-approved Frontier Services Agreement, with Chief Information Officer (CIO) concurrence, in an amount not to exceed $150,000.00;
c) Approve and authorize the Chief Procurement Officer, or their designee, to increase the maximum contract amount by an amount not to exceed $133,252.00 to accommodate potential increases in taxes, tariffs, and fees during the Term; and
d) Determine that the above recommended action is a government funding mechanism or other government fiscal activity, which does not involve any commitment to any specific project that may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment and is therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines.