To: Board of Supervisors
From: Lewis Broschard, Chief, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
Report Title: Communications Center - UPS Units Purchase Request
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Acting as the governing board of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a purchase order with Computer Discount Warehouse - Government (CDWG), in an amount not to exceed $266,838, subject to the terms of the Omnia Mesa cooperative agreement #2024056-01 for the purchase of universal power supply (UPS) units.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Budgeted. 100% CCCFPD EMS Transport Fund. The total purchase price is $242,579. This action is requesting total purchase authority of $266,838 to include a 10% contingency for unforeseen price or cost increases.
BACKGROUND:
On May 14, 2024, the Board of Supervisors awarded a construction contract to Thompson Builders Corporation for the construction of a new fire communications center and a new communications division offices building. This major remodel and construction of the new fire communications center are part of phase one of the overall project, which should be completed in the next few months.
As part of the remodel, the new center will include sixteen new fire dispatch consoles for Fire Dispatchers, with Ambulance System Status Controllers at each console. The equipment at each of the sixteen dispatch consoles is critical to the staff's ability to complete their duties while answering 911 emergency calls for service and subsequently dispatching the appropriate emergency fire and/or ambulance resources to our citizens.
The equipment at each console includes five computer monitors, a radio computer, a 911 phone computer, and other associated equipment. All of this equipment must maintain continuous power at all times, regardless of the power source. The first source of power is PG&E, referred to as...
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