Title
Urban Interface Fire Fighting Gear for Fire Department - National Purchasing Partners Cooperative Contract - Amendment - 00000170A (Ordinance S-48266)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute an amendment to Contract 150751 with L.N. Curtis and Sons, to provide additional funding for the purchase of Urban Interface Fire Fighting Gear for the Fire Department and also allow the Public Works Department to use this contract. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The additional expenditures included in this amendment will not exceed $490,000.
Report
Summary
The purpose of this amendment is to authorize additional funding, which is needed due to an unusually high fire season that included providing emergency response and assistance to other municipalities during large fires, which has led to an increased demand for tools and equipment.
Urban Interface Fire Fighting Gear are essential tools for the Fire Department to accurately and efficiently fight brush fire operations. These tools and equipment assist the Fire Department to provide life safety services to the public in critical incidents and complicated scenes to protect structures, land and people from the threat of fire when a limited water supply is available.
The Public Works Department Fleet Services Division requests authority to use the cooperative contract to purchase specialty products for Police and Fire vehicles. The cooperative contract offers a wide variety of products such as extraction tools and supplies, hazardous materials equipment, hoses, pumps, and other emergency-related systems. The contract will allow Public Works Fleet Services to directly acquire specialized products from multiple Fire Fighting Gear manufacturers to keep public safety fleet ready for optimal service.
Contract Term
The contract term will remain unchanged, ending on Aug. 31, 2024.
Financial Impact
The initial authorization for Contract 150751 was for an expenditure not to exceed $32,000. An amendment increased the authorization for the contract by $130,000. This amendment will increase the authorization for the contract by an additional $490,000, for a new total not-to-exceed contract value of $652,000.
Funding is available in the Fire and Public Works departments’ budgets.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The City Council approved:
- Urban Interface Fire Fighting Gear Contract 150751 (Ordinance S-45997) on Sept. 4, 2019; and
- Urban Interface Fire Fighting Gear Contract 150751 - Amendment (Ordinance S-47040) on Nov. 4, 2020.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Lori Bays, Deputy City Manager Karen Peters, and the Fire and Public Works departments.