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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MARCH 20, 2018 <br />TITLE: <br />AWARD A PURCHASE ORDER <br />TO MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. <br />FOR MOTOROLA 800 MHZ RADIOS <br />(SPEC. NO. 18-019) <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO.1, 5) <br />fr.. i� <br />dt* MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />FTTIJ*J_0697 <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1a Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize a one-time purchase and payment of purchase order to Motorola Solutions, Inc. for 27 <br />Motorola 800 MHz radios in the amount of $143,275, subject to non -substantive changes <br />approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Santa Ana Police Department utilize hand-held portable and mobile radios to communicate <br />with other field personnel, the SAPD Dispatch center, and Orange County agencies via the <br />Orange County Communications (county -wide dispatch center). The 800 MHz communications <br />system has been in place since 1995 and allows all police, fire, public works, and marine safety <br />agencies in Orange County to share a common radio system, yet provides agencies with their <br />own dispatch and tactical channels. The radios are used for both emergent and non -emergent <br />radio traffic. The hand held radios are a. critical lifeline for sworn and non -sworn field personnel, <br />for sharing rapidly changing information pertaining to calls for service and for relaying field <br />personnel safety messages. <br />The current department inventory of 333 hand-held radios is comprised of the newer model "APX <br />6000" radios which was acquired as part of the 800 MHz Countywide Coordinated <br />Communications System (CCCS) agreement in 2015 for equipment lease -purchase. The 333 <br />radios were issued to Sworn personnel, Watch Commanders, Station Supervisors, and <br />Dispatch. This order of 27 additional radios will consists of 15 portable APX 6000 radios for new <br />sworn officers and 12 mobile or "bag" APX 6500 radios to be placed in patrol vehicles used in <br />undercover instances. <br />Additionally, Non -Sworn personnel (which includes Parking Control Officers, Forensic Specialists, <br />Animal Control, Probation, and other ancillary positions) are currently using older "Astro XTS <br />5000" radios. There are approximately 85 of these older XTS 5000 radios in use or available for <br />checkout. Although older, the XTS 5000 radios have performed adequately for the department's <br />22A-1 <br />