Motorola urges Gov. DeSantis to veto SLERS contract
Motorola Solutions is taking its last stab at preventing the deal.
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Motorola and the State of Florida Slers Contract.
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Interesting for sure what will happen now.
i don't want this to go political, which it surely will. but. it's simple economics.
L3Harris employs thousands of people - in Florida.
L3Harris is headquartered - in Florida.
Motorola (whatever iteration these days) packed up and pretty much left after they lost the state contract. long gone are the days of 8000 people working in Plantation and Boyton Beach.
in other words, they don't have a chance in xxxx that the Governor is going to throw them a bone on this one.
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L3Harris employs thousands of people - in Florida.
L3Harris is headquartered - in Florida.
Motorola (whatever iteration these days) packed up and pretty much left after they lost the state contract. long gone are the days of 8000 people working in Plantation and Boyton Beach.
in other words, they don't have a chance in xxxx that the Governor is going to throw them a bone on this one.
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mmckenna
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You left out the part where Motorola pretty much had the contract, but decided to not sign it. I guess they wanted to grab a bigger slice of pie, but got caught.
No pie for you, Motorola.
No pie for you, Motorola.
Well that’s disappointing. But then again I absolutely loathe Harris and their systems, so....
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Analog already is interoperable.
What's wrong with Harris and their systems?
mmckenna
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The old OpenSky stuff was pretty crappy, but that's not what they are deploying in Florida. Florida will be P25.
But you have to be careful that brand name bias doesn't get in the way. I had to go through that when I migrated our PD from Motorola to Kenwood. I had to hear the "Kenwood is crap!" for about 6 months. Then they realized it worked fine and they are happy with it.
let's keep the thread germane to the initial post. .... no need to go brand bashing.
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Motorola did win the bid and backed out...I agree with their decision. Big M does overcharge--seriously overcharges. Harris is yuck...current system is yuck. The state put in the contract that Motorola would pay upfront for the entire system--everything...then the state would make payments back to Big M--with the stipulation that the state could cancel at anytime. Government contracts are written this way quite often...but would you sign a contract that stipulates you have to front hundreds of millions of dollars and it could be canceled a month later? That's why I agree with Big M walking away...contract should at least allow them to cover expenses if the state has to back out. This is my understanding of what when down.
mmckenna
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If they didn't like the contract, then they shouldn't have bid on it.
Motorola throwing a temper tantrum because someone else was willing to do the work shouldn't be their reaction.
And Motorola is well known for change ordering the crap out of a project. Florida was smart to set up the contract so they'd have to stick to the agreement.
Moto backed out for two (2) primary reasons:
1. The contract had a "time certain" end date and L3 threw up so many objections to the initial bid that the clock continued and by the time it came around for Motorola to sign there was 18 months left. L3 played their hand and they knew damn well what they were doing as there was no way for Moto to re-build SLERS, that included building new towers, in 18 months and/or to request a change order to extend the project.
2. The contract had a "cancellation for convenience" clause in it. It is rarely used in government procurement and I can only recall in my 32+ years of government employment of using it 2 or 3 times. Either way the language was in it and I don't blame Moto as it wouldn't take much for AT&T to pitch FirstNet as an LMR option to some uneducated Legislators down the road and leave Moto outside looking in.
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1. The contract had a "time certain" end date and L3 threw up so many objections to the initial bid that the clock continued and by the time it came around for Motorola to sign there was 18 months left. L3 played their hand and they knew damn well what they were doing as there was no way for Moto to re-build SLERS, that included building new towers, in 18 months and/or to request a change order to extend the project.
2. The contract had a "cancellation for convenience" clause in it. It is rarely used in government procurement and I can only recall in my 32+ years of government employment of using it 2 or 3 times. Either way the language was in it and I don't blame Moto as it wouldn't take much for AT&T to pitch FirstNet as an LMR option to some uneducated Legislators down the road and leave Moto outside looking in.
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Harris won the system rebuild today, The governor signed the budget today.
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