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Police Department <br />www.santa-ana.org/pd <br />Item # 16 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />September 21, 2021 <br />TOPIC: Contract for Motorola 800 MHz Communications System Equipment <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Award Contract with Motorola Solutions, Inc. for Motorola 800 MHz Communications <br />System Equipment in the Amount of $224,846 (Specification No. 21-092) (General and <br />Non-General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Award a blanket order contract with Motorola Solutions, Inc. for Motorola 800 MHZ <br />communications system equipment for a one-year period expiring September 20, 2022, <br />in the amount $200,000 for the Police Department and $24,846 for the Planning and <br />Building Agency, for a total amount not to exceed $224,846, subject to non-substantive <br />changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) utilizes hand-held portable and mobile radios <br />to communicate with other field personnel, the SAPD Dispatch Center, and Orange <br />County agencies via the Orange County Communications System (countywide dispatch <br />center). The 800 MHz Communications system has been in place since 1995 when <br />the County of Orange completed a competitive bid process and entered into a contract <br />with Motorola Solutions, Inc. to provide the 800 MHz Countywide Coordinated <br />Communications System (CCCS) integrated radio communications system. This system <br />was designed, built, and installed by Motorola using proprietary equipment and <br />technology. <br />This system allows all Police, Fire, Public Works, and Marine Safety agencies in Orange <br />County to share a common radio system, yet provides agencies with their own dispatch <br />and tactical channels. Radios are utilized for both emergent and non-emergent radio <br />traffic. Hand-Held radios are a critical lifeline for sworn and professional field personnel <br />for sharing rapidly changing information pertaining to calls for service and for relaying <br />field personnel safety messages.