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21696 1 ORDINANCE NO. 21,696 2 3 A ORDINANCE TO DECLARE IT IMPRACTICAL AND UNFEASIBLE 4 TO BID; TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ISSUE A SOLE- ' 5 SOURCE PURCHASE ORDER TO SHARPLOGIXX, FOR THE TOTAL 6 AMOUNT OF SIXTY-THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($63,000.00), FOR 7 THE PURCHASE OF ONE (1) SMARTRAY PORTABLE X-RAY SYSTEM 8 FOR THE LITTLE ROCK FIRE DEPARTMENT BOMB SQUAD; AND 9 FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 10 11 WHEREAS,since September 11,2001,the City of Little Rock("City")has become eligible for several 12 Emergency Service Equipment Grants; and, 13 WHEREAS,the SmartRay Portable X-Ray System solely manufactured and sold by SharpLogixx will 14 assist the Little Rock Fire Department's Bomb Squad with hazardous device and hazardous materials 15 detection during special events and mass gatherings throughout the City; and, 16 WHEREAS,it is critical that the Little Rock Fire Department's Bomb Squad be equipped and trained 17 with reliable forms of response intervention equipment for a mass casualty event; and, 18 WHEREAS, the City's Emergency Management Division was awarded a grant through the U.S. 19 Department of Homeland Security which provides 100%of the Sixty-Three Thousand Dollars($63,000.00) 20 cost of this purchase. 21 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY 22 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS: 23 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby authorizes the City Manager to purchase one SmartRay 24 Portable X-Ray System in the amount of Sixty-Three Thousand Dollars ($63,000.00) to be used by the 25 Little Rock Fire Department Bomb Squad. 26 Section 2. Funds for this purchase are available through the State Homeland Security Grant Program, 27 and are to be paid from Account No. G030340. 28 Section 3. Because SharpLogixx is the only manufacturer and distributor of this SmartRay Portable 29 X-Ray System, the Board of Directors declares it is impractical and unfeasible to submit this purchase to 30 competitive bids. 31 Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or 32 word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or 33 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and [Page 1 of 2] 1 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the 2 ordinance. 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: February 19,2019 6 ATT ArArak APPROVED: i (-RT-A-- 8 9 usan •ng f• 110, lerk Frank Scott,Jr.,May r 10 APPR VE N A O LEGAL FORM: 11 / 12 / J .1 • 16.7 13 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Atto y 14 // 15 // 16 // 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 // [Page 2 of 2]