A) Authorize the County Manager or designee to negotiate an amendment to Service Agreement No. 8 Telecommunications under the Master Services Agreement for Information Technology Services  with Atos IT Solutions and Services, Inc., to add services associated with a critical transfer of switch circuits controlling the County's 239-533-XXXX phone numbers, and for ongoing phone services, in a total amount not to exceed $225,000.00

B) Authorize the County Manager or designee to execute the Amendment documents upon successful negotiation and approval of the final document by the County Attorney.

Authorizes the County Manager to negotiate an amendment to the Master IT Services Agreement with Atos IT Solutions and Services, Inc. to add services associated with a critical transfer of switch circuits controlling the County's 239-533-XXXX phone numbers, and for ongoing phone services, in a total amount not to exceed $225,000. The Federal Communications Commission is decommissioning the switch that houses the County's phone numbers on January 15, 2019. The County's IT Services contract is currently under solicitation. If Atos is not awarded the new contract, responsibility for the phone service agreement with the third party carrier will transfer back to the County.

The County entered into a Master IT Services Agreement and Service Agreements Numbers 1 through 10 with Atos IT Solutions and Services, Inc. for information technology services on December 28, 2016. On October 16, 2018, the Board of County Commissioners approved Amendment No. 1, extending the expiration date of the Master Agreement and all Service Agreements Numbers 1 through 10 from February 23, 2019 to August 22, 2019. As part of this agreement, Atos provides the County with services in support of the County’s telecommunications under Service Agreement No. 8: Telecommunication Services.

 The Federal Communications Commission is decommissioning the switch that houses the County's phone numbers on January 15, 2019. The phone service is currently provided on third party phone carrier equipment.

Approval of an amendment to the contract with Atos will allow them to handle the critical transfer of the switch circuits controlling the County's 239-533-XXXX phone numbers, and for ongoing phone services provided through a third party carrier in a total amount not to exceed $225,000.

The County's IT Services contract is currently under solicitation. If Atos is not awarded the new contract, responsibility for the phone service agreement with the third party carrier will transfer back to the County.