Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, October 05, 2021
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER APPROVING A PURCHASING AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH MISSION CRITICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC. (MCIS) FOR INTEROPERABLE PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SYSTEM, BDA AND MAINTENANCE SERVICE.
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I. SUMMARY
The City entered into a cooperative purchasing agreement with JVCKenwood, Power Prooducts and Motorola Solutions for public safety communications equipment (radios) on June 1, 2021. To complete the programming and installation of additional equipment as well as to establish a maintenance services agreement, a Request for Proposals (RFP) was issued. Mission Critical Information Systems (MCIS) Inc. submitted the sole proposal to the RFP and received a satisfactory rating by the City's evaluation panel. Staff recommends entering into a purchase agreement and a 5-year maintenance services agreement with MCIS.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
TAKE the following actions:
1. APPROVE the award of purchase order contract with MCIS for a Public Safety Interoperabilty Radio Solution and Carson City Hall Bi-Directional Amplifier Project for $133,525.18 and a 5-year maintenance services agreement for $79,550.00.
2. AUTHORIZE the Mayor to execute the agreement, following approval as to form by the City Attorney.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
1. TAKE any other action the City Council deems appropriate that is consistent with the requirements of law.
IV. BACKGROUND
In 2012, the federal government passed the Middle-Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, which included a section related to public safety radio communications and mandated that by 2023, public safety agencies would have to abandon the UHF frequency spectrum currently used and move to a different spectrum.
The City of Carson UHF radio system that supports public safety and public works will begin transitioning to the Los Angeles Regional Interoperability Communication System (LA-RICS) in 2021-2022. This wi...
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