To: Board of Directors
From: Lewis Broschard, Chief, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
Report Title: Motorola Ambulance Mobile Radios
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to execute, on behalf of the Fire Chief, a purchase order with Motorola Solutions, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $360,000 for the purchase of mobile radios.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Budgeted. 100% CCCFPD EMS Transport Fund.
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District is seeking approval to purchase forty-five (45) new Motorola mobile radios. Forty-one (41) of these new radios will be installed in Fire District-owned ambulances (both existing and new pending delivery) that are part of the Fire District’s alliance ambulance transport system with American Medical Response. The remaining four (4) radios will be used as spare stock for future replacements of damaged or improperly functioning mobile radios.
Motorola is the current vendor for all mobile and portable fire and ambulance radios in the field. In addition, Motorola is the vendor of the existing fire dispatch and EMS system status consoles in the Contra Costa Regional Fire Communications Center (CCRFCC). Motorola mobile and portable radios allow seamless integration with the current field radios (mobile and portables), all fire and ambulance field units, fire dispatch consoles, EMS system status consoles, and the East Bay Regional Communications System (EBRCS) 800 MHz radio system.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this request is not approved, the Fire District would need to find alternative ways to equip ambulances and other vehicles with critical public safety communication radios, which would negatively impact service to the public and the safety of Fire District and ambulance personnel.