File #: 18-2325   
Type: Payment Ordinance Status: Adopted
Meeting Body: City Council Formal Meeting
On agenda: 10/3/2018 Final action: 10/3/2018
Title: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.

Title

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.

 

Description

For $40,000.00 in payment authority for a new contract, entered on or about Sept. 1, 2018 for a term of five years, to purchase Siemens Reagent Kits for the Police Department's Laboratory Services Bureau. The kits are vital to the Laboratory Services Bureau and Police Officer blood and urine samples, driving under the influence of drugs, sexual assault and homicide case suspect testing. In addition, the kits offer evidence collection tools, containers that provide verifiable chain of custody, security against tampering, provable security of different types of evidence related to cases. This equipment is a critical part of the Police Department's effort to provide life safety services to the public and for use in critical incidents and complicated scenes.