N.Y.C. is soliciting bids on a voice and data contract, worth abo...
N.Y.C. is soliciting bids on a voice and data contract, worth about $200 million annually, covering all city govt. telecom services including 911. But city officials said the request for proposals wasn’t linked to the March 26 911 system…
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failure in 3 boroughs, caused by a Verizon network technician’s error, that knocked out service 2 hours. Invitations to bid were sent out March 24, said city officials, and the decision to seek bids was made some time earlier. Verizon, which provides phone service for most city agencies as well as for 911, said it will bid on the contract. Meanwhile, Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s office said it had gotten one report of a March 26 fatality possibly linked to the 911 outage, when an elderly Queens man suffered a heart attack.