REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
March 16, 2017
FROM: BRIAN R. MARSHALL, Director
Department of Transportation
BY: TIM OLDAY, Public Safety Manager
Department of Transportation/Fleet
SUBJECT
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Award a purchase contract in the amount of $495,210.11 for the purchase of nineteen (19) OEM police vehicles via a "piggyback" purchase based on a prior competitive bid contract with Riverside County (RFQ #PUARC-1491/P.O. PUARC-59105) (Citywide)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Council award a purchase contract in the amount of $495,210.11 for the purchase of nineteen (19) OEM police vehicles. This standard, approved piggyback purchase is being presented to Council as per the new oversight and transparency policy change, which was implemented in December 2016.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Police Department is in need of police vehicles for the Student and Neighborhood Resource Officers (SNROs) and the Adult Compliance Team (ACT). The SNROs require fifteen (15) police vehicles and the ACT requires four (4) police vehicles. The allocation of the fifteen (15) police vehicles is critical for the Police Department SNROs to effectively and efficiently improve school safety and provide services to the surrounding neighborhoods of fifteen (15) middle schools within the city of Fresno. The ACT requires four (4) police vehicles to provide an additional level of offender accountability and public safety within the city of Fresno. The base vehicles will be delivered to the City; after delivery, they will be up-fitted with police radios, prisoner transport partitions, Police Department decals, and all needed hardware.
BACKGROUND
Fifteen Vehicles for the Student and Neighborhood Resource Officer's (SNROs)
On April 27, 2016, Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) Board of Education approved adding SNROs to fifteen (15) middle schools and the surrounding neighborhoods. SNROs are tasked with improving school safety and engaging the communities that feed into the middle s...
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