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CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />RFP No. 21-099 Downtown Unarmed Security Guard Services Page 3 of 39 <br /> <br /> <br />I. BACKGROUND <br />Incorporated in 1886, Santa Ana, a Charter City, established a Council-Manager form of <br />government in 1952. The City Council is composed of seven members; the Mayor elected at <br />large and six Council members elected by ward, who appoint the City Manager, City Attorney <br />and Clerk of the Council. The City of Santa Ana (City) is a full-service City with a diverse <br />population of approximately 335,000. <br /> <br />The City’s eleven agencies provide all the traditional municipal services, as well as water utility, <br />library system, 20-acre zoo, City Jail, Police Department, and contracts with the Orange County <br />Fire Authority for provision of fire services. The City employs 1,178 authorized full-time positions <br />and has an annual citywide budget is $646 million, including the General Fund budget of $316 <br />million. <br /> <br />The City of Santa Ana is located 10 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, 33 miles southeast of <br />Los Angeles and 90 miles north of San Diego. The City, which is the county seat of Orange <br />County, encompasses an area of approximately 27 square miles and is the 11th largest by <br />population in California. <br /> <br />II. OVERVIEW OF PROJECT <br />The purpose of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to identify a contractor to support the City of <br />Santa Ana, specifically the Downtown area with unarmed security guard services. <br /> <br />The City of Santa Ana (City) is seeking proposals from qualified firms and organizations <br />(Proposers) to provide unarmed security guard services for Downtown Santa Ana (DTSA) and <br />the parking structures/surface parking lots within that area. Additional guards may be requested <br />on an as-needed basis from time to time for other locations, at the discretion of the City of Santa <br />Ana. The number of hours specified in the scope of services section below is a best estimate <br />and will be used to evaluate bid results. <br /> <br />The City intends to award the entire bid to a single company. <br /> <br />Funding for this project is derived from “The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA)”. As <br />such, the RFP is subject to the provisions related to Procurement Standards identified in the <br />Uniform Guidance CFR Section 200.317 thru 200.327. <br /> <br />The term “Vendor”, “Proposer”, and “Contractor” shall refer to any legal entity or entities <br />submitting a proposal in response to this Request for Proposals (RFP). <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />EXHIBIT 1