Title
Bid No. 2024-005 - Annual Contract for Emergency Equipment Installation.
(Staff recommends authorizing the City Manager to finalize and execute a contract with Stolz Telecom, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $600,000.00, and to finalize and execute a contract with Defender Supply, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $600,000.00, through an Interlocal Cooperative Purchasing Agreement with Tarrant County. The term of each contract is for a one-year period, with two additional one-year renewal options. The City Manager is authorized to exercise the renewal options subject to annual appropriation of sufficient funds).
Body
Name of Department
Solid Waste / Equipment Services
Project/Budgeted Amount
$2,116,760.00
Sum of Bid/Bid Amount
$600,000.00
This proposal would allow the Police Department and other City departments to purchase and install emergency lights and ancillary public safety equipment (i.e., in-car video/vehicle graphics/partitions) for the approved Fiscal Year 2024 capital purchase of 26 Police Operations and Criminal Investigations vehicles. The proposed vendors will install lights and other required equipment to place these public safety vehicles into service.
The City of Mesquite has entered into an Interlocal Cooperative Purchasing Agreement with Tarrant County, Texas, for the emergency vehicle equipment installation.
Financial Implications
The installation of the vehicle safety equipment was approved in the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Capital Outlay budget.
Recommended/Desired Action
Staff recommends the City Manager be authorized to finalize and execute a contract with Stoltz Telecom, Inc., and Defender Supply, LLC.
Attachment(s)
Tarrant County Commissioners Court Communication - Defender Supply, LLC, Stoltz Telecom, Inc.
Tarrant County Contract - Defender Supply, LLC
Tarrant County Contract - Stoltz Telecom, Inc.
Drafter
Jonathan Harrison/Tonette Blasius
Head of Department
Tony Carson