14723 1 RESOLUTION NO. 14,723
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
4 AN ANNUAL CONTRACT WITH NORTH AMERICAN FIRE
5 EQUIPMENT COMPANY,INC.,RENEWABLE FOR TWO(2)YEARS,AT
6 AN ANNUAL COST OF ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE THOUSAND,
7 SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS ($163,600.00), FOR THE PURCHASE OF
8 FIREFIGHTING PROTECTIVE COATS AND PANTS FOR THE LITTLE
9 ROCK FIRE DEPARTMENT; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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11 WHEREAS,it is critical that the Little Rock Fire Department be equipped with Firefighting Protective
12 Coats and Pants; and,
13 WHEREAS,the specifications were written and approved by members serving on the Little Rock Fire
14 Department Safety Committee; and
15 WHEREAS,after a competitive bidding process it was determined that the bid of North American Fire
16 Equipment Company,Inc.,was the lowest responsible and responsive bid of One Thousand, One Hundred
17 Ninety-Nine Dollars($1,199.00)for Coats and Eight Hundred Forty-Six Dollars($846.00)for Pants;
18 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
19 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
20 Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to enter into a contract with North American Fire
21 Equipment Company,Inc.,renewable for two(2)years upon agreement,for approximately eighty(80)sets
22 of PBI Coats and Pants to be purchased annually at the annual cost of One Hundred Sixty-Three Thousand,
23 Six Hundred Dollars($163,600.00).
24 Section 2. The funding for this project comes from the Little Rock Fire Department's General Budget,
25 Account No. 105120-60035.
26 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
27 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
28 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
29 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
30 resolution.
31 Section 4. Repealer. All laws,ordinances,resolutions,or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
32 the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
33 ADOPTED: February 20,2018
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4 usan ' . ley, .' • Clerk Mark Stodola, ayor
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8 Thomas M.Carpenter,City At rney
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