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Approval of Purchase of MCC7500 Dispatch Console from Motorola Solutions in an Amount Not to Exceed $336,995
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SUBMITTED BY: Bart Hinkle, Chief of Police
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: $336,995
Unencumbered Balance: $63,005
Funding Source: 350-0400-58000
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Approve the purchase of the Motorola Solutions MCC7500 Dispatch system, thereby replacing the existing Motorola Solutions Centracom Gold Elite Dispatch system, in an amount not to exceed $336,995.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The existing Motorola Solutions Centracom Gold Elite Dispatch system was installed in 2004, with an estimated useful life of 12 years. Since that time, advances in technology has led to Motorola replacing Gold Elite Dispatch Systems with the Motorola Solutions MCC7500 Dispatch System. The current system, while still operable, is no longer supported by Motorola and the necessary components to fix issues/replace parts are no longer available. Additionally, the current system will ultimately -in the near future- lose functionality with ALMR (Alaska Land Mobile Radio). Valdez remains one of a handful of Dispatch Centers in the State of Alaska yet to convert to the MCC7500.
The Dispatch Console Update was originally budgeted for in 2016, at an amount of $400,000. The update did not happen during that time due to various space need studies and an existing uncertainty of where Valdez Dispatch was going to be located.
The attached proposal is sole sourced and based upon the master purchasing agreement executed by the Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments ("H-GAC") and Motorola Solutions, Inc. for the purchase of Radio Communication/Emergency Response & Mobile Interoperability Equipment, Contract No. RA05-15, dated May 1, 2015.
Section 7 of the attached proposal breaks the overall price down as follows:
MCC7500 Dispatch Console Upgrade (after discounts): $235,993
[Optional] Backup Control Station Replacement (after discounts): $22,240...
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