HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Agenda StatementCITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA
COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
MEETING DATE: January 11, 2011
AGENDA ITEM NO.
ITEM TITLE:
Resolution of the City Council of the City of National City waiving the bid process and authorizing the
purchase from TriTech Software Systems of the Mobile Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) licensing,
software and hardware for an amount not to exceed $30,000.00 from Citizen Option for Public Safety
(COPS) grant 2010.
PREPARED BY: Lieutenant Lanny Roark
PHONE: 336-4524
EXPLANATION:
I he mobile CAD will be utilized in the police department's mobile command vehicle. The mobile CAD
will allow for police dispatch capabilities using the same system currently in use in the police station's
communication center. Mobile CAD capabilities in the mobile command vehicle expands the ability to
dispatch, track and record police units from remote locations, provides a redundant system for
emergency back up purposes and allows for an additional dispatch station for critical events,
emergencies or otherwise heavy deployment of police resources. TriTech is the National City Police
Department's sole provider of police dispatching software, The TriTech mobile CAD is a peripheral add -
on to the department's existing communications dispatching system and the only one compatible with
the existing system. The requested system is proprietary to TriTech. National City Municipal Code
2.60.220 allows for the waiving of bidding requirements when the commodity or service to be procured
is required to integrate with or be compatible with existing furnishings, materials, systems, programs or
equipment and the procurement can be timely made from a manufacturer or supplier who has
previously satisfactorily supplied the particular commodity or service or when the commodity can be
obtained from only one source and there is -no adequate substitute.
DEPARTMENT: Police
APPROVED BY:
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: oAPPROVED:
ACCOUNT NO. 208 411 911 515 k APPROVED:
To be purchased with previously approved COPS 2010 grant funds
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
ORDINANCE: INTRODUCTION:
FINAL ADOPTION:
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the bidding requirements be waived and the requested purchase be authorized.
BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
ATTACHMENTS:
TriTech quote for mobile CAD system.