Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the purchase of ammunition for the Division of Police from Kiesler Police Supply in the amount of $98,156.00. The Division of Police requests a purchase of 40-caliber CCI Blazer 180 grain 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 budget reservations set up in the amount of $99,966.00 through the use of general funds. The budget reservations and existing purchase order are close to meeting the $100,000.00 threshold for the Universal Term Contract established with Kiesler Police Supply.
Bid Information: The Purchasing Office has set up 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 CC61847-11535. The vendor will be contract compliant by the time legislation in passed.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is requested so as to receive ammunition in a timely manner.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation authorizes a total expenditure of $98,156.00 from the General Fund for the purchase of ammunition for the Division of Police from a universal term contract. The Police Division budgeted $346,007.00 in the 2017 General Fund budget for the purchase of ammunition, of which, $176,748.46 has already been spent or encumbered. Approximately $372,942.00 was encumbered or spent in 2015 and $356,800.00 in 2016 for ammunition.
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