AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 8/15/2018
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Fire Department
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration to award RFP 18-009SB to LDV, Inc. for the purchase of a custom fabricated Hazardous Materials Trailer
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council
1. Award Request for Proposals (RFP) 18-009SB, titled Corona Fire Department Hazmat Trailer to LDV, Inc. of Burlington, WI based upon the findings noted in this report.
2. Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue a purchase order to LDV, Inc. in the amount of $112,500.
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ANALYSIS:
The Corona Fire Department Hazardous Materials Response Team is among only four in Riverside County. This specialty resource is invaluable to our City, Riverside County, and the State of California as a whole.
The importance of and the imperative need for this resource, is supported through the allocation of grant funding awarded to our Hazardous Materials Response Team program, by the County and the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) through the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP). The intent of the SHSP program is to support terrorism preparedness by building or enhancing capabilities that relate to the prevention of, protection from, or response to acts of terrorism and other catastrophic events.
Corona Fire Department's Type 2 Hazardous Materials Response Team is approaching the due date of its 5-year recertification process, scheduled for May 2019. Since the 2013 certification process, new and updated policies, procedures and equipment needs have been adopted by Cal OES.
One of the primary Cal OES recertification updates deals with the storage and proper markings of container units or kits containing hazardous materials equipment and tools, when stored onboard HazMat Response Unit Apparatus. With our current HazMat Unit being utilized to its capacity, this mandate will not be attainable without...
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