AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 1/16/2019
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Police Department
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration of a Purchase Order for Harris Unity Radios and related accessories from Cazcom, Inc. dba Hi-Desert Communications in the amount of $119,664.72.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
1. Make a determination under Corona Municipal Code (CMC) Section 3.08.130(B) that a competitive market does not exist and that no competitive advantage will be gained by the public bidding process since Cazcom, Inc. dba Hi-Desert Communications of Victorville, California, is the exclusive reseller authorized to sell Harris products, to be purchased as part of the Public Safety Enterprise Communication (PSEC) Radio Interoperability Capital Improvement Project.
2. Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue a purchase order to Cazcom Inc. dba Hi-Desert Communications in the amount of $119,664.72.
3. Authorize the City Manager and/or the Chief of Police, or their designees, to negotiate and execute any extensions and/or amendments which are either non-substantive and are otherwise consistent with or in furtherance of the City Council's actions hereunder.
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ANALYSIS:
Since 2013, the Police Department has been incrementally purchasing Harris unity quad band radios. The radios allow the staff to communicate with all local, state and federal law enforcement agencies regardless of the radio system. The Harris unity quad band radio offer communication within analog and digital systems. The Police Department would like to continue purchasing Harris radios for brand continuity, ease of training and use throughout the City's Public Safety Dispatch Center and City's Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
On December 20, 2017, the Police Department took documents to the City Council to accept $86,500 from the Federal Department of Homeland Security Grant Program, or HSGP, and ...
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