HomeMy WebLinkAbout20876 1 ORDINANCE NO. 20,876
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO DISPENSE WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF
4 COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER
5 TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF SEVENTY-FIVE
6 THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($75,585.00),
7 WITH MED-ENG, AS THE SOLE-SOURCE PROVIDER FOR THE
8 PURCHASE OF THREE (3) EOD 9 BOMB SUITS FOR THE LITTLE
9 ROCK FIRE BOMB SQUAD TECHNICIANS; AND FOR OTHER
10 PURPOSES.
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12 WHEREAS, since September 11, 2011, the City of Little Rock has become eligible for several
13 emergency service equipment grants; and,
14 WHEREAS, the Little Rock City Manager's Office/Emergency Management Division is committed
15 to improving explosive ordnance disposal operations throughout the City; and,
16 WHEREAS, in order to accomplish this goal, the Emergency Management Division proposes the
17 purchase of three(3)EOD 9 Bomb suits, for use by the Little Rock Fire Department Bomb Squad; and,
18 WHEREAS, the EOD 9 Bomb Suit is the current suit utilized and approved by the Little Rock Fire
19 Bomb Technicians,and the ability to maintain one type of specialized equipment makes it impractical and
20 unfeasible to competitively bid this item, such bidding should be waived and the contract awarded to
21 MED-ENG, as the sole-source provider for the purchase of three (3) EOD 9 Bomb Suits, at a cost of
22 Seventy-Five Thousand, Five Hundred Eighty-Four Dollars, ($75,584.00), for use by the Little Rock Fire
23 Department Bomb Squad;
24 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
25 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
26 Section 1. The Board of Directors fmds that it is impractical and unfeasible to bid these items, and
27 authorizes the City Manager to enter into a contract in the amount of Seventy-Five Thousand, Five
28 Hundred Eighty-Four Dollars, ($75,584.00), with MED-ENG, as the sole-source provider for the
29 purchase of three(3)EOD 9 Bomb Suits for the Little Rock Fire Bomb Squad.
30 Section 2. The State Homeland Security Grant program is providing 100% of the funds for this
31 purchase with no fiscal impact on the City of Little Rock.
32 Section 3. 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 4. Repealer. All ordinances and resolutions, and parts thereof, which are in conflict with
5 any provision of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
6 PASSED: May 20,2014
7 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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10 Toya ' �inson,Assistkd City Clerk Mark Stodola, Mayor
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14 Thomas M. Carpentef;City Attotey
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