Okaloosa County BOCC — September 20, 2016 — Final Payment CenturyLink C06-1421-IS — agenda request

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST DATE: September 20, 2016 TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board FROM: Dan Sambenedetto SUBJECT: Final Payment CenturyLink C06-1421-IS DEPARTMENT: Information Technology BCC DISTRICT: ALL STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Okaloosa County Information Technology Department (IT) staff requests Board of County Commissioners (BCC) approval of a final payment in the amount of $13,926.72 to CenturyLink on contract #C06-1421-IS. BACKGROUND: BCC entered into contract #C06-1421-IS with CenturyLink effective 9/22/2006. This contract expired on Aug. 24th, 2016. At this time Purchasing is assisting IT with a solution to the expired contract. IT has been contacting CenturyLink for the past five months but CenturyLink has been largely unresponsive. IT will continue to receive invoices for BCC Centrex, Local Phone Service, PRI bundle/BCC North, TDC, AP, Annex, W&S, CTHSE, Ethernet/Internet and DIA #110TXIYRSAXD from CenturyLink. We will be paying these invoices by Direct Pay until a new contract is in place. The funds have been budgeted for these invoices and will be paid out of the appropriate budgeted accounts. OPTIONS: Approve/Disapprove RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff recommends that the Board approve this final payment for CenturyLink in the amount of $13,926.72. RECOMMENDED BY: APPROVED BY: John Hofstad, County Administrator