Included in the Airport's FY 2012 budget is the Airport Operations Paging System Replacement project.  This paging system is needed to provide immediate notification to employees required to respond to the Airport in the event of an aircraft emergency, snow removal, and other circumstances that require additional staff.  The existing paging system is over twenty years old, unreliable, obsolete, and replacement parts are no longer available. This project will remove the existing paging system and replace it with new digital components, hardware, cabinetry, cables, software and licensing required for the installation of a new digital paging system.  The project was advertised in the Billings Times on December 22 and 29 and on the City's Website. In spite of these efforts only one bid was received on January 10, 2012, from Industrial Communications and Electronics in the amount of $69,816.30.  Staff has reviewed this bid and finds it acceptable for the scope of the work specified.

The City Council may:

• Approve the award of the New Digital Paging System for Billings Logan International Airport with Industrial Communications and Electronics; or
• Decline to approve the project, reject the bid from Industrial Communications and Electronics, and not complete the project at this time.

The total cost of this project is $69,816.30.  The source of the funding for this project is the Airport's Capital Improvement Program budget.

Staff recommends that the City Council approve the award of the new Digital Paging System project to the low bidder, Industrial Communications and Electronics, for the amount of $69,816.30.