Title
Amend Ordinance with Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation to Authorize Exceptions to Liability Provisions (Ordinance S-46105)
Description
Request the City Council amend ordinance S-44609 to enter into contract with Northrop Grumman for Regional Computer Aided Dispatch maintenance and support services subject to assumption of liability, and waiver of claims provisions prohibited by Phoenix Code §42-18.
Report
Summary
Ordinance S-44609, adopted on May 16, 2018, authorized the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into contract with Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation for Regional Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) maintenance and support services for the Phoenix Fire Department (PFD). Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation has taken exception to the nonwaiver of liability, specifically unlimited liability. PFD is seeking an exception to Phoenix Code §42-18 in allowing a limitation of damages to three times the Agreement value; and a waiver of indirect damages.
All other provisions of Ordinance No. S-44609 will remain the same. The Law Department has reviewed and approved this language.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr. and the Fire Department.