Title
Purchase of Equipment for Police Department Crime Lab - RFA 19-128 (Ordinance S-45649)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a contract with Agilent Technologies, Inc. for a one-time purchase to provide the Police Department Crime Laboratory with an Agilent 6460C Triple Quadrupole Instrument With 1260 Infinity II HPLC System in the amount not to exceed $251,055. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The Police Department Crime Laboratory provides support for Driving Under the Influence of Drugs (DUID), sexual assault, and homicide investigations through the analysis of biological samples such as blood and urine for substances that influence human performance. The Agilent system would allow the laboratory to potentially expand the scope of testing and increase efficiency in processing samples. The sensitivity of this instrument is necessary to detect drugs that are present at very low levels in biological samples such as the synthetic cannabinoids as well as fentanyl and the increasing number of fentanyl analogs and other novel psychoactive substances (NPS). The Police Department Crime Laboratory currently utilizes the software that is compatible with this instrument, on other instruments, and Agilent Technologies Inc. is the only manufacturer of this software package and of this system.
Procurement Information
In accordance with Administrative Regulation 3.10, normal competition waived as a result of a Special Circumstance Without Competition Determination Memo citing Agilent Technologies, Inc. as the sole provider of the Agilent 6460C Triple Quadrupole Instrument 1260 Infinity II HPLC.
Contract Term
The contract will begin on or about May 15, 2019 and will end on or about May 14, 2020.
Financial Impact
Expenditures against this one-time contract shall not exceed the amount of $251,055. 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.