21471 1 ORDINANCE NO. 21,471
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO DECLARE IT IMPRACTICAL AND UNFEASIBLE
4 TO BID; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD A
5 CONTRACT TO NORTHRUP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION,
6 IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND,TWO
7 HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE DOLLARS($131,283.00),PLUS TAXES AND
8 FEES, TO PROVIDE AN AUTOMATED INTERFACE BETWEEN THE
9 CITY'S COMPUTER-AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM AND THE
10 MOTOROLA MACH ALERT FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM; AND
11 FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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13 WHEREAS, the Computer-Aided Dispatch and Mapping System ("CAD") which was originally
14 purchased from PRC Public Sector, Inc., in 1996, which was later purchased by Northrup Grumman
15 Systems Corporation, has been in continuous operation with upgrades and further improvements so that it
16 is unfeasible and impractical to competitively bid for an interface between the CAD system and other City
17 uses; and,
18 WHEREAS, it is important for the CAD System to utilize Northrop's AltarisTM CAD System to send
19 dispatched CAD events to the Mach Fire Station Alerting System to improve the receipt of information and
20 eliminate the need for a dispatcher to re-key information into the Mach System;
21 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
22 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
23 Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to enter into a contract with Northrup Grumman Systems
24 Corporation in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand, Two Hundred Eighty-Three
25 Dollars ($131,283.00), plus taxes and fees, to provide an automated interface between the City's CAD
26 System to Motorola's Mach Alert Fire Station Alerting System.
27 Section 2. Because of the City's long use of a CAD System by Northrup Grumman Systems
28 Corporation, and the need to assure that any interface will not have an adverse impact upon the CAD
29 System,the Board of Directors has determined that it is impractical and unfeasible to competitively bid this
30 agreement and,therefore, dispenses with the requirements of competing bids.
31 Section 3. Funds for this contract will come from Account No. 325529-F447001 which is part of the
32 2017 Short-Term Financing instrument.
33 Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
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1 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adju-
2 dication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and effect
3 as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the reso-
4 lution.
5 Section 5. Repealer. All laws, ordinances,resolutions,or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
6 the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
7 PASSED: September 5,2017
8 .4101141111 APPROVED:
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11 san L _ ey,City Clerk Mark Stodola,Mayor
12 AP' ' t I i I AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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15 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Atto i•y
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