REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
DATE: March 10, 2022
FROM: PACO BALDERRAMA, Chief of Police
Police Department/Office of the Chief
BY: MARK SALAZAR, Deputy Police Chief
Police Department/Investigative Division
SUBJECT
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Award a Requirements Contract for Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Grant 2020 "Testing of Partially Tested Kits" in an amount not to exceed $203,700 for three years with no extension options to Bode Cellmark Forensics, Bid File No. 9616.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council approve an agreement with Bode Cellmark Forensics in an amount not to exceed $203,700 for three years with no extension options and authorize the Chief of Police, or designee, to execute all contract documents on behalf of the City. This agreement would be to perform DNA analysis of sexual assault kits.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On September 3, 2021, the City released a Request for Proposals (RFP #9616) requesting proposals for a Requirements Contract for Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Grant 2020 "Testing of Partially Tested Kits". The RFP received two responses and an evaluation committee comprised of Police Department personnel within the Sex Crimes Unit of the Family Justice Bureau and Grants Management Unit unanimously recommends that Bode Cellmark Forensics be awarded the contract not to exceed $203,700 for a three-year contract period. Funding for this contract is available with grant funding from the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) 2020 grant and the new contract would begin February 17, 2022.
BACKGROUND
While investigating cold cases from 2016 to 2018 with funding from the 2019 SAKI grant, FPD discovered that there were Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs) in our inventory that the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) would classify as "partially tested." Of the approximate 2,500 SAKs in our inventory, it is estimated that nearly 50% have suspect DNA profiles while the others do not. Many of th...
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