Title
911 Console Equipment and Services
Action
Action:
A. Approve the purchase of 911 console equipment and services from a cooperative contract,
B. Approve a unit price contract with Evans Consoles, Inc. for the purchase of 911 console equipment and services for a term of two years under Houston-Galveston Area Council cooperative contract #HGAC EC07-23, and
C. Authorize the City Manager to extend the contract for additional terms as long as the cooperative contract is in effect at prices and terms that are the same or more favorable than those offered under the cooperative contact.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Johnny Jennings, Police
Dave Johnson, Police
Joshua Brown, Police
Explanation
* The purchase of 911 console equipment and services for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police department is part of the Law Enforcement Center 911 Expansion Project to meet increasing call volumes. The consoles will be located at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Headquarters and the Police and Fire Training Academy.
* NC General Statute Section 143-129(e)(3) allows local governments to purchase from formally organized cooperative purchasing contracts.
* A cooperative purchasing agreement results from the consolidation and competitive solicitation of multiple public agency requirements. By aggregating common needs all agencies are able to leverage economies of scale such as volume discounts, improved terms and conditions, reduced administrative costs, and access to professional and technical expertise.
* Annual expenditures are estimated to be $1,720,000.
Charlotte Business INClusion
This is a unit price commodities contract for the purchase of equipment. In addition, cooperative purchasing contracts leverage contracts established by other governmental agencies and do not involve the city conducting a bidding process and are thus exempt from CBI Program goals. Subcontracting opportunities are typically not feasible under cooperative purchasing arrangements.
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