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File #: 25-1613   
Type: Ordinance-S Status: Adopted
Meeting Body: City Council Formal Meeting
On agenda: 8/27/2025 Final action: 8/27/2025
Title: Police Radar Lidar Speed Enforcement & Accident Scene Reconstruction- COOP 25-0747 - Request for Award (Ordinance S-52214) - Citywide
District: Citywide

Title

Police Radar Lidar Speed Enforcement & Accident Scene Reconstruction- COOP 25-0747 - Request for Award (Ordinance S-52214) - Citywide

 

Description

Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into an agreement with Applied Concepts, Inc. to provide radar, lidar, speed enforcement, and accident scene reconstruction equipment for the Phoenix 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 $467,000.

 

Report

Summary

The Phoenix Police Department's Traffic Unit has used Stalker handheld stationary and direction radar units to enforce traffic laws and enhance safety. All members of the Traffic Unit have been trained in the use of Stalker radars and lidars. Moving to a new radar unit would require extensive training and additional expenses to purchase and mount equipment to affix the units to motorcycles. This cooperative agreement is advantageous to the department personnel and operations.

 

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 Alternative Competition. The State of Arizona’s cooperative agreement offers the best prices on essential products and align with the City's terms, conditions. The agreement was awarded using a competitive process consistent with the City's procurement processes set forth in the Phoenix City Code, Chapter 43.

 

Contract Term

The agreement will begin on or about October 1, 2025, and will expire on August 31, 2029, with a one-year option to extend.

 

Financial Impact

The aggregate contract value will not exceed $467,000 for the aggregate term. Funding is available in the Police Department’s operating budget.

 

Department

Responsible Department

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