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215 Church Avenue
P.O. Box 1130
Oshkosh, 40 Wisconsin 130 City of Oshkosh
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TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the Common Council
FROM: Mark A. Rohloff, City Manager
DATE: May 22, 2013
RE: Cellular Phone Service Provider Change
BACKGROUND
Since June 2011 the City has utilized Verizon Wireless under the State of Wisconsin's
Cooperative Purchasing program for wireless phone service. Two years into Verizon's
plan our IT staff felt it would be prudent to compare our current plan and costs with all of
the State's authorized cellular phone provider plans to ensure we are achieving the best
savings possible for this service.
ANALYSIS
IT staff conducted comparisons of a model "high" month of the City's current cellular
phone service usage and other needs against the plan offerings of the State's authorized
cellular phone service providers. This analysis concluded U.S. Cellular's plan met all of
our service needs and most importantly, by comparing the past year's Verizon usage
against the U.S. Cellular rates, was the most cost competitive and will allow the City to
realize an estimated $10,000 per year savings.
FISCAL IMPACT
Using the City's 2012 cellular phone usage as a sample year and applied to U.S.
Cellular's authorized cellular phone provider plan under the State of Wisconsin's
Cooperative Purchasing Contract (15 -91575 -121), the estimated annual fiscal impact of
this service is approximately $45,000. This plan is a month to month program with no
term commitment. IT staff expect the plan conversion will take place within the next 4 -8
weeks and all phone numbers will remain the same. These services are budgeted
annually within each applicable department's telephone accounts (6475).
RECOMMENDATION
Section 12 -15 of the Municipal Code provides that subject to approval of the City
Manager, cooperative purchases pursuant to a contract with any other local, state or
federal governmental unit or agency may be made without following a competitive
bidding or quotation process. In accordance with Section 12 -15 of the Municipal Code
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and because this cooperative purchase is in excess of $25,000, I am hereby submitting a
report of this cooperative purchase to the Common Council. If you have any questions
on this purchase please contact me or IT Manager Tony Neumann.
Respectfully Submitted,
Mark A. Rohloff, City Manager