Title
Tasers and Related Products Contract
Action
Action:
A. Approve additional expenditures under an existing City contract with Axon Enterprise, Inc. in the estimated amount of $2,703,462.72 to provide tasers and related products for the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD),
B. Authorize the City Manager to approve price adjustments and further amend the contract consistent with the purpose for which the contract was awarded, and
C. Adopt a budget ordinance appropriating $2,320,212.43 into the Capital Equipment Fund.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Kerr Putney, Police
Stephen Willis, Police
Explanation
§ On January 13, 2014, City Council approved a contract with Taser International, Inc. (now Axon Enterprise, Inc.) for the purchase of tasers and related products for an initial term of five years with two additional, one-year renewal options.
- If all currently-available renewals are exercised, the contract will expire on January 12, 2021.
§ The City now wishes to purchase tasers and products, which will increase total spending over the span of the current contract to $2,703,462.72 to replace all (1,743) end-of-life CMPD tasers.
§ The original contract of $175,000 annually was used to purchase tasers for additional police recruits.
§ The contract was competitively solicited in 2013 on behalf of the City and the Charlotte Cooperative Purchasing Alliance (CCPA).
- CCPA is a City-run cooperative purchasing program that reduces costs by leveraging aggregate purchasing volume from numerous public agencies.
§ The ongoing annual expenditures from the General Fund to repay the Municipal Debt Service Fund over five years beginning in FY 2019 are estimated to be $540,693.
Charlotte Business INClusion
No subcontracting goal was established for this contract amendment because there are no subcontracting opportunities (Part D: Section 6 of the Charlotte Business INClusion Policy.)
Fiscal Note
Funding: General Capital Equipment Fund
Attachments
Attachment(s)
Budget Ordinance