Title
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Supplies
Action
Action:
A. Approve the purchase of public safety and emergency preparedness supplies from a cooperative contract,
B. Approve a unit price contract with Safeware-Mallory for the purchase of public safety and emergency preparedness supplies for a term of two years under Omnia Partners Contract #440008468, 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):
Phil Reiger, General Services
Kay Elmore, General Services
Explanation
§ The city uses personnel protective equipment; decontamination equipment; detection equipment; medical and first aid supplies; hazardous materials storage; and various other related public safety, law enforcement, and fire equipment required to protect employees providing services to the public.
§ G.S. 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.
§ Total annual expenditures are estimated to be $500,000.
Charlotte Business INClusion
This is a cooperative purchasing contract and is exempt (Part A: Appendix 27 of the Charlotte Business INClusion Policy).
Fiscal Note
Funding: Various Departments’ Operating Budgets