Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the purchase of ammunition for the Division of Police from Kiesler Police Supply in the amount of $196,024.00. The Division of Police requests a purchase of CCI 9MM 147 grain TMJ ammunition for training, for the qualification of police officers and for practice. There is a significant lead time for ammunition orders; therefore, orders need to be placed now to ensure sufficient supply. All of this ammunition can be ordered from the city’s universal term contract and amounts to several hundred thousand rounds of ammunition. The Division of Police has already spent or encumbered $99,976.00 through the use of general funds with Kiesler Police Supply. The existing purchase order is close to meeting the $100,000.00 threshold for the Universal Term Contract established with Kiesler Police Supply.
Bid Information: The Purchasing Office has established a universal term contract with Kiesler Police Supply for this type of ammunition.
Kiesler Police Supply is not debarred according to the excluded party listing system of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
Contract Compliance No.: Kiesler Police Supply, Inc. certification number CC007032 expires 10/18/2019.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is requested so as to receive ammunition in a timely manner.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation authorizes a total expenditure of $196,024.00 from the General and Law Enforcement Seizure Funds for the purchase of ammunition for the Division of Police from a universal term contract. The Police Division budgeted $346,007.00 in the 2019 General Fund budget and the Law Enforcement Seizure Funds for the purchase of ammunition, of which, $143,863.50 has already been spent or encumbered. Approximately $335,000.00 was encumbered or spent in 2017, and $337,797.00 was encumbered or spent in 2018 for ammunition.
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