Explanation
BACKGROUND: There is a need within the Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire, to purchase thermal image cameras and related equipment for use in emergency vehicles utilized by the Division of Fire. This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract (UTC) Purchase Agreement with All-American Fire Equipment, Inc., for the purchase of FLIR K65 thermal image cameras, truck mounted chargers, and associated hardware & software equipment which are used by fire fighters during firefighting and hazardous material operations. The UTC with All-American Fire Equipment, Inc., will permit the Division of Fire to not only purchase replacement thermal camera equipment for existing MSA thermal image camera equipment currently in use in emergency vehicles, but will also permit the Division of Fire to purchase thermal image cameras and related equipment for use in all new emergency vehicles purchased in 2018 via Ordinance #1296-2018.
All-American Fire Equipment will provide on-site training at the Division of Fire / Training Academy on both the controls and operation of the FLIR thermal image camera equipment; Fleet Maintenance will handle the installation of all thermal image camera equipment within the emergency vehicles. As part of the UTC agreement, All-American Fire Equipment, Inc. shall provide a factory trade-in allowance of one-for-one (1:1) trade-in value on the MSA #5200 thermal image cameras currently in use by the Division of Fire, and a trade-in value of $2,517.00 will be given towards the purchase of each new FLIR K65 thermal image camera equipment purchased. An initial quantity of twenty (20) FLIR K65 thermal image cameras and related equipment will be purchased in the amount of $91,000.00, with an estimated $162,000.00 being spent over a span of approximately two (2) years.
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