City of Nashua, NH
Wireless Communications Division
C/O William Mansfield
PQ Box 785
Nashua NH 03061-0785
603-594-3521 Fax: 603-594-3615
September 27, 2016
Mr. John Griffin
Chief Financial Officer, City of Nashua
229 Main Street
Nashua, NH 03061-2019
Mr Griffin,
The Information Technology Division has solicited a quote for the Communications
Division to purchase and terminate fiber optic cable that would provide redundancy to the
City’s Radio Communication System as well as providing a connectivity to close fiber ring in
south Nashua.
As you know, the City’s Radio Communications System provides mission critical emergency
radio communications to every entity within the City. The System has multiple sites that
are currently linked together via a fiber network. Recently an automobile accident
occurred in the south end of Nashua. This accident damaged the current fiber network and
there was a loss of data communication to City entities in the South End. To ensure that the
City has the capability to continue operating its data communications as well as the radio
communications when this type of incident occurs again in the future, the Communications
Division and the Information Technology Division are proposing to connect fiber from East
Dunstable Road to Spit Brook Road to form a fiber ring. This ring would allow
communications to continue to flow in the future by rerouting the communications through
this ring.
The Communications Division worked with the Information Technology Division to solicit a
quote from Fiber Optic Splicing and Testing, the City’s preferred vendor. (See Attached
Quote}
The Communications Division, the Radio Committee, and the Information Technology
Division recommend awarding the work to Fiber Optic Splicing and Testing Inc. in the
amount of $14,550.00. Funding is available in Citywide Communications Capital Projects
account 57.5050 81300 Sub Account 2008.57.15.01 Activity 81300.
Sincerely,
William Mansfield
