HomeMy WebLinkAbout031737 RES - 04/16/2019 Resolution authorizing a six-year service agreement for the purchase
of emergency medical and police priority dispatch call center system
software from Priority Dispatch Corp., of Salt Lake City, Utah for a total
amount not to exceed $396,260.
WHEREAS, the emergency medical and police priority dispatch call center system
software will be purchased for use by both medical and law enforcement personnel;
WHEREAS, this item allows dispatchers to provide the nationally standardized
National Academies of Emergency Dispatch protocols for both medical and law
enforcement scenarios;
WHEREAS, State law provides that such procurements, as outlined above, are
subject to statutory procurement requirements, including competitive bids, unless an
exception applies;
WHEREAS, there is a statutory exception for this procurement in Local
Government Code, Section 252.022(a) (2), as this purchase is necessary to provide to
preserve or protect the public health and safety of the municipality's residents; and
WHEREAS, there is also a statutory exception for this procurement in Local
Government Code, Section 252.022(a) (7) (A), as this purchase is available from only
one source due to patents, copyrights, secret processes, or natural monopolies.
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 designee, is authorized to execute all documents
necessary to secure a six-year service agreement with Priority Dispatch Corp., of Salt
Lake City, Utah for the purchase of emergency medical and police priority dispatch call
center system software, for a total amount not to exceed $396,260.
031737
Page 1 of 2
SIANNFD
The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
Joe McComb (u
Rolanda Barrera I
Rudy Garza / •
Paulette M. Guajardo
4
Gil Hernandez
Michael Hunter
Ben Molina
Everett Roy
Greg Smith
ATTEST: CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
liCk2,teld•(4,tibV6.
Reb cca Huerta Joe 'Comb
City Secretary Ma or
Corpus Christi, Texas
IIJ� day of , 2019
131737
Page 2 of 2
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV, Sections 7 & 8)
I, the Director of Financial Services 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: April 16, 2019 Legistar Number: 19-0269
Agenda Item:
Resolution authorizing a six-year service agreement for the purchase of emergency medical and
police priority dispatch call center system software from Priority Dispatch Corp., of Salt Lake
City, Utah for a total amount not to exceed $396,260.
Amount Required: $196,260
Fund Name Accounting Unit Account Activity Amount
No. No.
General Fund 1020-11800-151 530000 $49,588.41
Police Grants 1061-823100F-151 530000 $146,671.59
Total $196,260.00
❑ Certification Not Required
04rwu, Director of Financial Services
Date: 4/ ll „U l i