Title
Purchase of ParaDNA Instruments (Ordinance S-44366)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a contract with Foster and Freeman USA Inc, for the purchase of instruments and test bundles in the amount not to exceed $108,000. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The one-time purchase will provide the Phoenix Police Department, Laboratory Services Bureau, with ParaDNA Instruments and test bundles for the detection of biological fluids. These instruments are necessary for complex investigations where DNA samples may exist. ParaDNA will provide information to investigations that the laboratory currently does not have the ability to provide.
Procurement Information
In accordance with Administrative Regulation 3.10, normal competition was waived as a result of a Special Circumstance Without Competition Determination Memo citing Foster and Freeman as the manufacturer and sole provider of the instruments and test bundles. A Special Circumstance Without Competition Determination Memo was completed and approved by the Deputy Finance Director recommending the procurement with Foster and Freeman be accepted.
Contract Term
This is a one-time purchase to be issued on or about March 26, 2018 for the purchase of ParaDNA Instruments.
Financial Impact
Expenditures against this one-time purchase shall not exceed the aggregate amount of $108,000 (including applicable taxes). Funds are available in the Police Department's budget.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr. and the Police Department.