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File #: 24-2136   
Type: Ordinance-S Status: Adopted
Meeting Body: City Council Formal Meeting
On agenda: 10/30/2024 Final action: 10/30/2024
Title: Radar and Lidar Unit Repairs and Maintenance Services Contract - RFA 24-0386 Request for Award (Ordinance S-51376) - Citywide
District: Citywide

Title

Radar and Lidar Unit Repairs and Maintenance Services Contract - RFA 24-0386 Request for Award (Ordinance S-51376) - Citywide

 

Description

Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a contract with Arizona Law Enforcement Radar and Technologies, LLC (A.L.E.R.T.) to provide Radar and Lidar Unit Repairs and Services for the Police Department. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The total value of the contract will not exceed $220,655.

 

Report

Summary

This contract will provide radar speed measurement repair and certification, lidar speed measurement, repair and certification, and radar trailer speed measurement device repair and certification. This service is vital for the Traffic Bureau to provide certification, annual functions tests and frequency count on the handheld units, mounted units, radar units. In addition, A.L.E.R.T. shall provide on-site repairs of speed measurement devices. This equipment is part of the Police Department's effort to provide life safety services to the public and will be used in critical incidents and complicated scenes.

 

Procurement Information

In accordance with Administrative Regulation 3.10, standard competition was waived as a result of an approved Determination Memo based on the following reason: Special Circumstances Without Competition  A.L.E.R.T. is the only radar/lidar repair facility in Arizona that is authorized to work on the equipment, and offers the most advanced options in the world of radar technologies. A.L.E.R.T. performs most services on site, at a collection point at Northern Command Center, and maintains all annual certification on all radar/lidar equipment.

 

Contract Term

The contract will begin on or about November 1, 2024, for a five-year term.

 

Financial Impact

The aggregate contract value for will not exceed $220,655 for the five-year aggregate term. Funding is available in the Police Department's budget.

 

Department

Responsible Department

This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Lori Bays and the Police Department.