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Agreement with Willdan Homeland Solutions August 21, 2018 Page 2 The agreement includes 2,000 hours of work at $68.92 per hour ($137,840), $7,000 for training and travel, for a total agreement amount of $144,840. The professional services rate proposed by Willdan Homeland Services was determined to be within the range expected for such services. The one-year professional services agreement is exempt from bidding requirements under SAMC sec. 2-807(e), and will remain in effect from September 1, 2018 through August 31, 2019. The skills and job knowledge required to complete the scope of service are highly specialized and not readily available in the market place. This knowledge includes, but is not limited to, an in-depth knowledge of the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) federal grant program, grant reporting requirements, program accounting procedures, and federal uniform guidance requirements. Wilidan Homeland Services has been providing these professional services since 2012 and has developed special skills and organizational knowledge to effectively manage the homeland security grants awarded to the City of Santa Ana. The term may be extended for an additional one-year term contingent upon grant funding being secured to cover the costs for the additional term by the City with the funding to be approved by the City Council. The term may be extended upon a writing executed by the City Manager and the City Attorney, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. The Santa Ana Police Department's Homeland Security Division is satisfied with the grant management services provided by Willdan Homeland Services and recommends approval of this agreement. STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT Approval of this item supports the City's efforts to meet Goal # 1 - Community Safety, Objective #313 (promote ongoing efforts to obtain grant funding for activities that will assist in preventing, enforcing, and reducing criminal activity and traffic collisions). FISCAL IMPACT Funds in the amount of $144,480 are available in the FY 2016 & FY 2017 UASI Grant fund contract services accounts (accounting no. 12514491-62300 and 12514407-62300) for the 2018- 19 fiscal year. m Chief of Police Santa Ana Police Department APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS: Sergio \Vidal �.IfLC�tiS7 Assistant Director Finance and Management Services Agency Exhibit: 1. Agreement with Willdan Homeland Solutions 25M-2