21869 1 ORDINANCE NO. 21,869
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO DECLARE IT IMPRACTICAL AND UNFEASIBLE
4 TO BID; TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A
5 SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACT WITH SMARTRAY VISION, IN AN
6 AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SIXTY-THREE THOUSAND, NINE
7 HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($63,975.00) AND THAT IS
8 FULLY-FUNDED BY THE SATED HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT
9 PROGRAM, FOR THE PURCHASE OF ONE (1) SMARTRAY X-RAY
10 SYSTEM FOR THE LITTLE ROCK FIRE DEPARTMENT; AND FOR
11 OTHER PURPOSES.
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13 WHEREAS, the Emergency Management Division ("EMD") is committed to improving explosive
14 ordinance disposal operations throughout the City of Little Rock, Arkansas ("City"), and the purchase of
15 the SmartRay X-Ray System will assist EMD in accomplishing its goal; and,
16 WHEREAS, since September 11, 2001, the City has become eligible for several Emergency Service
17 Equipment Grants; and,
18 WHEREAS, the SmartRay X-Ray System is eligible for a grant and SmartRay Vision is the sole-
19 source vendor for the SmartRay X-Ray System; and,
20 WHEREAS, the cost of the system is Sixty-Three Thousand, Nine Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars
21 ($63,975.00), and 100% of the funding is provided through the State Homeland Security Grant Program
22 with no fiscal impact to the City.
23 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
24 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
25 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with
26 SmartRay Vision for the purchase of one (1) SmartRay X-Ray System with the purchase price of Sixty-
27 Three Thousand,Nine Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars($63,975.00).
28 Section 2. Funding for the purchase shall be fully funded through the State Homeland Security Grant
29 Program.
30 Section 3. Because SmartRay Vision is the sole source vendor of the SmartRay X-Ray System, the
31 Board of Directors declares it is impractical and unfeasible to submit this purchase to competitive bids.
32 Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
33 word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
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1 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and
2 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
3 ordinance.
4 Section 5. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
5 the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
6 PASSED: June 9,2020
APPROVED:
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10 Susan La,% lerk Frank Scott Jr.,M
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