HomeMy WebLinkAbout033763 RES - 09/23/2025Resolution authorizing a three-year service agreement with Qwake
Technologies, Inc., of Austin, for the purchase of Qwake hardware,
software, mobile applications, cloud storage, and video and audio
streaming for real-time visualization and navigation equipment for Fire
Department personnel in an amount not to exceed $299,345.68, with FY
2025 funding of $171,745.68 from the General Fund.
WHEREAS, the Fire Department's personnel have a need for the use of enhanced,
helmet -mounted augmented reality devices to integrate thermal imaging, computer vision,
edge detection, and cloud -based connectivity that will provide real-time visualization and
navigation in smoke -filled environments, significantly improving situational awareness and
safety;
WHEREAS, State law provides that such procurements, as outlined above, are subject
to statutory procurement requirements, including competitive bids, unless an exception
applies; and
WHEREAS, there is a statutory exception for this procurement in Local Government
Code, Section 252.022(a)(7), as this is a procurement of items that are available from only one
source because of patents, copyrights, secret processes, or natural monopolies; and
WHEREAS, there is a second statutory exception for this procurement in Local
Government Code, Section 252.022(a)(2), as this procurement is necessary to preserve or
protect the public health or safety of the municipality's residents.
Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas:
Section 1. The City Council specifically finds that the foregoing statements included in the
preamble of this resolution are true and correct and adopts such findings for all intents and
purposes related to the authorization of this procurement.
Section 2. The City Manager, or his designee, is authorized to execute all documents
necessary to obtain a three-year service agreement with Qwake Technologies, Inc., for Qwake
devices, software, storage, and peripherals in an amount not to exceed $299,345.68, with FY
2025 funding of $171,745.68 from the General Fund.
PASSED AND APPROVED on the a3(-6 day of -5;q1W.ONW , 2025
Pau ette Guajardo;
ATTEST:
Rebecca Huerta, City Secretary
033763
SCANNED
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV, Sections 7 & 8)
I, the Director of Finance & Procurement of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (or his/her duly
authorized representative), hereby certify to the City Council and other appropriate officers that the
money required for the current fiscal year's portion of the contract, agreement, obligation or
expenditure described below is in the Treasury to the credit of the Fund specified below, from which
it is to be drawn, and has not been appropriated for any other purpose. Future payments are
subject to annual appropriation by the City Council.
City Council Action Date: September 23, 2025
Agenda Item:
Legistar Number: 25-1171
Resolution authorizing the execution of a three-year service agreement with Quake Technologies,
Inc. of Austin, Texas, for Qwake's web applications, mobile applications, embedded device software,
cloud software and cloud storage, and interactions among each of these and video and audio
streaming from Qwake Devices or Qwake software for the Fire Department, in the amount not to
exceed $299,345.68, with FY 2025 funding of $171,745.68 from the General Fund.
Amount Required: $171,745.68
Fund Name
Accounting Unit
Account
No.
Activity
Amount
General Fund
1020-10-12010
520090
$171,745.68
o Certification Not Required
Total FY 2025
Funding
Director o Finance & Procurement Date:
$171,745.6
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