21472 1 ORDINANCE NO. 21,472
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO DECLARE IT IMPRACTICAL AND UNFEASIBLE
4 TO BID; TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TOO AWARD A
5 CONTRACT TO NORTHRUP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION IN
6 THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE THOUSAND,EIGHT
7 HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN DOLLARS ($163,887.00),PLUS TAXES AND
8 FEES, TO PROVIDE AN AUTOMATED SECURE ALARM PROTOCOL
9 INTERFACE FO THE CITY'S COMPUTER-AIDDED DISPATCH
10 SYSTEM; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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12 WHEREAS, the Computer Aided Dispatch and Mapping System ("CAD") which was originally
13 purchased from PRC Public Sector, Inc., in 1996, which was later purchased by Northrup Grumman
14 Systems Corporation, has been in continuous operation with upgrades and further improvements so that it
15 is unfeasible and impractical to competitively bid for an interface between the CAD System and other City
16 uses;and,
17 WHEREAS, it is important for the CAD System to utilize Northrop's AltarisTM CAD System to
18 upgrade the system so that an alarm call for a 911 Dispatcher will automatically be entered;
19 NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
20 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
21 Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to enter into a contract with Northrup Grumman Systems
22 Corporation in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Sixty-Three Thousand,Eight Hundred Eighty-Seven
23 Dollars($163,887.00), plus taxes and fees,to provide an automated interface for the City's CAD that will
24 automatically enter an alarm call for the City's 911 Dispatchers.
25 Section 2. Because of the City's long use of a CAD System by Northrup Grumman Systems
26 Corporation, and the need to assure that any interface will not have an adverse impact upon the CAD
27 System,the Board of Directors has determined that it is impractical and unfeasible to competitively bid this
28 agreement and,therefore, dispenses with the requirements of competing bids.
29 Section 3. Funds for this contract will come from Account No. 325529-F447001 which is part of the
30 2017 Short-Term Financing instrument.
31 Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
32 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
33 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
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1 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
2 resolution.
3 Section 5. Repealer. All laws, ordinances,resolutions,or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
4 the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
5 PASSED: Septilkember 5,2017
6 • 4. APPROVED:
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9 S y,City Clerk Mark Stodola,Mayor
10 I i AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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13 Thomas M. Carpenter,City At r: rney
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