County consultant recommends Harris Corp. for $26.7 million communications system

Media release:  TUSA Consulting formally made a recommendation to the Floyd County Board of Commissioners today to enter into negotiations with Harris Corporation for the design and construction of the public safety communications system.  Harris and Motorola were the two vendors vying for the project.  Once a contract is approved, Harris will serve as the prime contractor for the job and will design and deploy the communications system.

 

The Public Safety Communications Committee unanimously agreed with TUSA's recommendation.  The Committee is comprised of representatives from Emergency Management, E911, County Purchasing, County Manager's Office, City Manager's Office, Rome Fire Department, County Police, Rome Police, Sheriff's Office, Cave Spring Public Safety Department and Floyd County Prison and has been meeting since 2009 on this project.

 

Eddie Lumsden, Chairman of the County Commission, stated "We are extremely confident with the selection process, and believe our public safety professionals will have a modern radio system at a great value to the citizens.  Harris' radios are used by our troops in some of the harshest terrain in the world; we are confident their system will serve us well here at home."

 

Scotty Hancock, EMA Director, "We did ourselves a big favor by hiring a non-biased third party consulting firm.  TUSA really helped us to define the system and bring competition to the table – getting the County the best deal on this huge project. TUSA and the Committee has done a lot of work and due diligence.  I believe this system is something that the public safety agencies and the citizens of Floyd County can be proud of."

 

Harris Corporation is a leading supplier of communications systems and equipment for the military, holding over 80% of the market share of Defense Communications within the US Armed Forces.  Harris also produces public safety, federal, utility, commercial and transportation communications systems –  with products ranging from IP voice and data networks, to public safety-grade broadband video and data solutions.  With more than 80 years of experience, Harris supports over 500 systems around the world.

 

Harris has designed similar communications systems for the State of Florida (170+ tower sites) the New York State Police, Covington-Newton County 911 (GA), Henry County (GA), Baker County (FL), Harrison County (MS), and over 100 systems for the United States Department of Defense.

 

The public safety communications system is a $26.7 million project funded through Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) funds, approved by voters in 2009.

 

 

For more information, please visit www.romefloyd..com or call 706.236.5004.