Department of General Services

Procurement Division

707 Third Street, Second Floor, West Sacramento, CA 95605

(916) 375-4400 (800) 559-5529

Broadcast Date: October 1, 2010

TO: Purchasing and Contracting Officials (PCOs)

Purchasing Authority Contacts (PACs)

Local Governmental Agencies

Agency Telecommunications Representatives

RE: California Wireless Contract Transitions to WSCA Wireless

This broadcast announces the expiration of the following two wireless equipment and services statewide contracts effective October 2, 2010. These contracts are otherwise known as the California Wireless Contract or CWC.

·  1S-05-58-01 - Sprint Nextel

·  1S-05-58-02 - Verizon

The State in partnership with Sprint and Verizon have agreed to the following transition plan for all State and Local Governmental Agency users:

a.  All current plans to be “grandfathered” into the Western States Contract Alliance (WSCA), Nevada contract. This transition should be seamless with no interruption in service and no need for users to change plans, equipment, or mobile phone numbers. The contractors are working with DGS to insure an orderly transition and to communicate this transition plan to our user community, both State and Local Agencies.

b.  CWC Existing Customers: Sprint and Verizon will honor existing CWC scope, equipment and service pricing for all existing subscribers through a transition period as follows:

·  State Departments – completed line transition to WSCA by December 31, 2010

·  Local Agencies – completed line transition to WSCA not to extend beyond September 30, 2011.

c.  New Lines for CWC Existing Customers: Sprint and Verizon Wireless may continue to accept and process new orders from existing Departments and local governmental agencies based upon the grandfathered products and services scope and pricing structure through a transition period as follows:

·  State Departments – final CWC order date November 15, 2010

·  Local Agencies – final CWC order date December 31, 2010

Individual User Instructions for the WSCA contracts will provide further details on ordering procedures for new users.

The WSCA Wireless Telecommunications Services and Equipment contract numbers are 7-10-70-15 for Sprint and 7-10-70-16 for Verizon. These contracts will soon be available on the Department of General Services, Procurement Division website.

If you have any questions regarding this notification, please contact:

Terry Muñoz

(916) 376-5482