On May 9, 2022, the City was awarded a \(\) 1,500,000\$ grant through the Economic Development Initiative (EDI), Community Project Funding (CPF) to expand public broadband access by deploying Wi- Fi at 17 City parks and park facilities. Prior to formally accepting the grant, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) required a detailed project summary and line- item budget.
To fulfill this requirement, the City contracted with a vendor in 2023 to develop a comprehensive wireless network design. This design phase, categorized as "soft costs" under the grant terms, enabled staff to establish a precise budget and deployment timeline for the installation phase. Following completion of the design, Department of Information Technology (DoIT) staff prepared three separate bid specifications for various components of the project as follows:
| Bid Specifications | Date Issued | Due Date |
| WiFi Equipment & Installation | July 14, 2025 | August 20, 2025 |
| Splicing and Testing of Fiber Optic Cable | August 21, 2025 | September 11, 2025 |
| Fiber Optic Cable and Microduct | August 21, 2025 | September 16, 2025 |
A Notice Inviting Bids for each of the bid specifications above was posted on OpenGov procurement, which generated notices to all vendors previously registered with the City for each type of product category. All bids were requested and received in accordance with Section 4.08.070 of the Pasadena Municipal Code. Per the City's procurement policy and the terms of the grant, contract awards are based on the lowest responsive bid under each of the bid specifications as summarized below. Contract awards were contingent upon environmental review approvals from HUD, which were delayed significantly because of the government shutdown in the latter part of 2025. Because of this, staff confirmed with each of the vendors that they'll honor the pricing in their bids.
This is for the equipment, installation, and ongoing maintenance of the Public Parks Wireless Wi- Fi Network. Following the Notice Inviting Bids on July 14, 2025, a total of sixty- eight vendors downloaded the bid specifications, and four responses were received by the submission deadline of August 20, 2025. After reviewing all submissions for compliance and qualifications, Ceragon Networks Inc. was determined to be the lowest responsible bidder.
Amount
Plano, TX Alpharetta, GA Irvine, CA Irvine, CA
\(\) 691,643.00\(\) 1,060,545.00\(\) 1,143,722.00\(\) 1,270,000.27