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INSURANCE NOT ON FILE A-2023-215 <br />WORK MAY 9:0TPROCEED <br />CITY CLERK <br />DATE: DEC 1 4 ZOZ3 <br />0% AGREEMENT WITH MISSION CENTERED SOLUTIONS TO PROVIDE TRAINING <br />COURSES AND EXERCISES FOR THE ANAHEIM / SANTA ANA URBAN AREA <br />ON AN AS -NEEDED BASIS <br />THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into on this 2 1` day of November, 2023 by and between Mission <br />Centered Solutions, ("Contractor"), and the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation <br />organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of Califort-tia ("City"). <br />RECITALS <br />a. On August 10, 2020, the Santa Ana Police Department ("SAPD") issued Request for <br />Qualifications No. 20-062 ("RFQ") by which it sought to identify and qualify suitable <br />vendors capable of delivering a broad choice of homeland security -related training courses <br />and exercises conducted by professionals in the fields of law, fire, public health, emergency <br />management and cybersecurity. <br />b. The training courses are in support of the Anaheim/Santa Ana Urban Area ("ASAUA") <br />Homeland Security Regional Training and Exercise Program and are funded by a grant <br />awarded to the City by the Homeland Security's Urban Areas Security Initiative, ("UAST) <br />administered by SAPD. The ASAUA consists of the incorporated cities in Orange County <br />and the police departments of the University of California, Irvine, California State <br />University, Fullerton, and community colleges in the County of Orange. <br />c. Through SAPD, the training and exercise programs are made available to agencies in the <br />ASAUA on an as -needed basis to enhance domestic preparedness for acts of terrorism. <br />d. Since the City has a need for additional vendors, on July 13, 2023, the City issued Request <br />for Proposals No. 23-114A. ("RFP"), by which it sought proposals from qualified firms <br />and organizations ("Proposers") to provide training courses at various locations within the <br />ASAUA on an on -call basis in support of the following categories of LC-380/CA-002- <br />PREV At the Point of the Spear: Fire Service Leadership or At the Point. <br />e. These courses are in support of the Anaheim/Santa Ana Urban Area ("ASAUA") <br />Homeland Security Regional Training and Exercise Program and will be paid in part or in <br />full with funding from the United States Department of Homeland Security's Urban Areas <br />Security Initiative (UASI) grant. Funding from this grant is applied to homeland security <br />related training, exercises, equipment, and projects in the ASAUA. Such services will be <br />provided in accordance with agency needs and/or fund availability at the discretion of the <br />city. <br />f. Contractor submitted a responsive proposal that was among those selected by the City. <br />g. In undertaking the performance of this Agreement, Contractor represents that it is <br />knowledgeable in its field and that any services performed by Contractor under this <br />Agreement will be performed in compliance with such standards as may reasonably be <br />expected from a professional consulting firm in the field. <br />