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ORDINANCE NO. 21,524
3 A ORDINANCE TO DECLARE IT IMPRACTICAL AND UNFEASIBLE
4 TO BID; TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ISSUE A SOLE-
S SOURCE PURCHASE ORDER TO TACTICAL ELECTRONICS, IN AN
6 AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND, NINE
7 HUNDRED FOUR DOLLARS ($44,904.00), FOR THE PURCHASE OF ONE
8 (1) BOMB/EOD HAND -ENTRY INSTRUCTION COURSE FOR USE BY
9 THE LITTLE ROCK FIRE DEPARTMENT BOMB SQUAD AND OTHER
10 ARKANSAS BOMB TECHNICIANS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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12 WHEREAS, there is a need to purchase one (1) Bomb/EOD Hand -Entry Instruction Course to be
13 utilized by the Little Rock Fire Department Bomb Squad and other Arkansas Bomb Technicians; and
14 WHEREAS, Tactical Electronics is the sole supplier of the Bomb/EOD Hand -Entry Instruction Course
15 which meets Departmental specifications; and,
16 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINCED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
17 OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
18 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby authorizes the City Manager to purchase one (1) Bomb/EOD
19 Hand -Entry Instruction Course to be used by the Little Rock Fire Department Bomb Squad and other
20 Arkansas Bomb Technicians, in an amount not to exceed Forty -Four Thousand, Nine Hundred Four Dollars
21 ($44,904.00), including taxes.
22 Section 2. Funds for this purchase are available through the State Homeland Security Grant Program,
23 and are to be paid from Account No. G030340.
24 Section 3. Because Tactical Electronics is the only authorized distributor of this instruction course in
25 the area, the Board of Directors declares it is impractical and unfeasible to submit this purchase to
26 competitive bids.
27 Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
28 word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
29 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and
30 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
31 ordinance.
32 Section 5. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent with
33 the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
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I Section 6. Emergency Clause. The ability to have an adequate number of trained personnel from the
2 Little Rock Fire Department Bomb Squad and other Arkansas Bomb Technicians properly equipped is
3 essential to the public health, safety and we an emergency is, therefore, declared to exist and this
4 ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage.
5 PASSED: January 2, 2015
6 ATTE APPROVED:
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9 Susa Lan 1 y, Clerk Mark Stodola, Mayor
10 APPR VE S LEGAL FORM:
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13 Thomas M. Carpenter, C . Attor ey
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