Item 27 - Urban Areas Security Initiative Program Training Services

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AGREEMENT WITH MISSION CENTERED SOLUTIONS TO PROVIDE TRAINING COURSES AND EXERCISES FOR THE ANAHEIM / SANTA ANA URBAN AREA ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into on this 21s' day ofNovember, 2023 by and between Mission Centered Solutions, ("Contractor"), and the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California ("City"). RECIT ALS a. On August 10, 2020, the Santa Ana Police Department ("SAPD") issued Request for Qualifications No. 20-062 ("RFQ") by which it sought to identify and qualify suitable vendors capable of delivering a broad choice of homeland security-related training courses and exercises conducted byprofessionals inthe fields of law, fire, public health, emergency management and cybersecurity. b. The training courses are in support of the Anaheim/Santa Ana Urban Area ("ASAUA") Homeland Security Regional Training and Exercise Program and are funded by a grant awarded to the City by the Homeland Security's Urban Areas Security Initiative, ("UASI") administered by SAPD. The ASAUA consists of the incorporated cities in Orange County and the police departments of the University of Califomia, Irvine, California State University, Fullerton, and cornrnunity colleges in the County of Orange. c. Through SAPD, the training and exercise programs are made available to agencies in the ASAUA on an as-needed basis to enhance domestic preparedness for acts of terrorism. d. SincetheCityhasaneedforadditionalvendors,onJulyl3,2023,theCityissuedRequest for Proposals No. 23-114A. ("RFP"), by wich it sought proposals from qualified firms and organizations ("Proposers") to provide training courses at various locations within the ASAUA on an on-call basis in support of the following categories of LC-380/CA-002- PREV At the Point of the Spear: Fire Service Leadership or At the Point. e. These courses are in support of the Anaheim/Santa Ana Urban Area ("ASAUA") Homeland Security Regional Training and Exercise Program and will be paid in part or in full with funding from the United States Department of Homeland Security's Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) grant. Funding from this grant is applied to homeland security related training, exercises, equipment, and projects in the ASAUA. Such services will be provided in accordance with agency needs and/or fund availability at the discretion of the City. f. Contractor submitted a responsive proposal that was among those selected by the City. g. In undertaking the performance of this Agreement, Contractor represents that it is knowledgeable in its field and that any services performed by Contractor under this Agreement will be performed in compliance with such standards as may reasonably be expected from a professional consulting firm in the field. Exhibit 1