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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />NOVEMBER 20, 2018 <br />TITLE: <br />AWARD A PURCHASE ORDER TO EAST <br />WEST CONSOLIDATED, LLC FOR <br />BALLISTIC ARMOR PLATES & PLATE <br />CARRIERS <br />(SPECIFICATION NO. 18-089) <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 1,5) <br />CITY MAOAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1e Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Award a one-time purchase and payment of purchase order to East West Consolidated, LLC for <br />the purchase of 311 ballistic plates and plate carriers in the amount $62,779, plus a $7,874 <br />contingency to be used by the period ending October 31, 2019, for a total amount not to exceed <br />$70,653, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />As with officers nationwide, Santa Ana Police Officers are tasked with responding to incidents <br />involving subjects armed with firearms and active shooter incidents. Many of the incidents <br />throughout the nation have involved aggressors armed with high powered rifles. Currently the <br />Santa Ana Police Department issues concealable body armor capable of stopping most <br />commercially manufactured hand gun ammunition. While this body armor is adequate for the <br />majority of incidents, in the event an officer responds to a call involving a high powered rifle, the <br />officer does not have adequate ballistic protection against such threats. <br />Ballistic plates and plate carriers will provide our officers with adequate ballistic protection to <br />address incidents involving most high powered rifles. The hard plates provide increased ballistic <br />and blunt trauma protection, which is above and beyond currently issued "soft" body armor. The <br />ballistic plate carriers offer a means of wearing the hard ballistic plates over the duty uniform, <br />allowing for a rapid response. Coupled with currently issued ballistic helmets and rifles, <br />equipping SAPID officers with this protective equipment will enhance the safety of officers and the <br />community. <br />Grant funds will be used for the procurement of the ballistic plates and carriers. <br />The notice inviting bids was advertised on October 4, 2018, on the City's online bid management <br />and publication system. A summary of the bid invitations and bids received is as follows: <br />22C-1 <br />