To: Board of Supervisors
From: Lewis Broschard, Chief, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
Report Title: Motorola Dispatch Console Radios
?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 enter into a contract with Motorola Solutions, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $720,000, through the Fire District's and Motorola's participation in the H-GAC cooperative procurement program, subject to the terms and conditions of the H-GAC Communications Systems and Services Agreement, for the purchase of dispatch console radios and sixteen mobile backup radios required for the new fire communications center.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This equipment is included in the overall cost projection and capital construction budget for the new communications center, and is budgeted 100% by the EMS Transport Fund.
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa Fire Protection District is embarking on a major project to build a new fire communications center at 2010 Geary Road in Pleasant Hill. This new facility will house 16 dispatch console positions.
To equip this new communications center, the District requires the purchase of new Motorola dispatch console radios. Thirteen (13) of these new console radios will be funded by the East Bay Regional Communications System (EBRCS), while the remaining three (3) will be funded by the District.
In addition to the dispatch console radios, the new fire communications center will also need sixteen (16) Motorola mobile backup radios. These backup radios are designed to provide full functionality for each dispatch console in the event of a failure of the primary dispatch console radio.
The District participates in the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) procurement program, in which vendors offer products at pricing only available to H-GAC member governmental agencies. Motor...
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