199401 ORDINANCE NO. 19,940
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO DISPENSE WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF COMPETITIVE
4 BIDDING AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT
5 WITH DTC, INC. FOR THE PURCHASE OF NEW MOBILE AUDIO AND VIDEO
6 RECORDING EQUIPMENT FOR THE LITTLE ROCK POLICE DEPARTMENT AS
7 PART OF THE COPS METHAMPHETAMINE GRANT PROJECT; AND FOR OTHER
8 PURPOSES.
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10 WHEREAS, the Police Department has requested approval to purchase new mobile audio and
1 1 video recording equipment as part of the COPS Methamphetamine Initiative Grant Project, and
12 WHEREAS, specialized mobile audio and video recording equipment are required to meet
13 current court requirements for covert /overt undercover investigations, and
14 WHEREAS, the Police Department Special Investigations Division has researched the digital
15 surveillance equipment and has determined that DTC, Inc. is the only provider of Project 25 Digitally
16 encrypted audio and video surveillance and personal recording (body mic) systems that meet current
17 standards, and
18 WHEREAS, competitive bidding should be waived and the contract awarded to DTC, Inc. as the
19 sole source provider of the new covert surveillance systems, as their system includes digital
20 transmitters, programmable high intensity microphone systems, digital video recording equipment with
21 high resolution pictures which meet current standards, and provides free surveillance equipment
22 training at the Police Department facility.
23 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE
24 ROCK, ARKANSAS:
25 Section 1. The Board of Directors finds that competitive bidding should be dispensed with
26 in the purchase of new mobile audio and video recording equipment as part of the COPS
27 Methamphetamine Initiative Grant Project of the Little Rock Police Department.
28 Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to dispense with competitive bidding
29 and to enter into a contract with DTC, Inc. for the purchase of specialized mobile audio and video
30 recording equipment for the LRPD, in the amount of Seventy Thousand, Seven Hundred Ninety -Seven
31 and 35/100 Dollars ($70,797.35).
32 Section 3. Funds for this purchase are available and were anticipated for such expenses
33 through the Police Department's 2007 COPS Methamphetamine Initiative Grant (270529- G35098).
34 Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence,
35 clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such
36 declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain
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Ordinance
To waive bidding for mobile audio and video recording
equipment for LRPD
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in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not
originally a part of the ordinance.
Section 5. Repealer. All ordinances and resolutions, and parts thereof, which are in
conflict with any provision of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
PASSED: March 18, 2008
ATTEST: APPRO D:
Nancy ood, C- it Clerk Mark Stodola, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
Thomas M. Carpenter, City ttorney
Ordinance
To waive bidding for mobile audio and video recording
equipment for LRPD
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