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ORDINANCE NO. 19,489
3 AN ORDINANCE TO DISPENSE WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF
4 COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER
5 TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH INTERFACE SECURITY SYS-
6 TEMS, L.L.C. FOR THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A
7 VIDEO ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR CITY HALL; AND FOR OTHER
8 PURPOSES.
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10 WHEREAS, access and security control is a major concern for employees and
1 1 visitors to City Hall, and
12 WHEREAS, with the emergence of new threats in today's society, we must en-
13 sure that key facilities within our local governments are protected from these outside
14 threats, and
15 WHEREAS, the City received $781,492.42 in FY2005 from the Department of
16 Homeland Security Grant Program funding which allows for a Physical Security En-
1 7 hancement of Key Facilities within local government, with a Video Assessment System
18 qualifying under allowable expenditures, and
19 WHEREAS, Interface Security Systems has designed and installed security and
20 monitoring systems already in place at certain key Little Rock City Government facili-
21 ties, and
22 WHEREAS, competitive bidding should be waived and the contract awarded to
23 Interface Security Systems, as the sole source provider of the system, in order to remain
24 consistent and implement a comprehensive security system for City Hall.
25 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
26 OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
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Ordinance
To waive bidding for Video Assessment System for City Hall
I Section 1. The Board of Directors finds that competitive bidding should be
2 dispensed with in the implementation of a comprehensive security system for City Hall,
3 as an exceptional situation exists and competitive bidding is impractical and infeasible.
4 Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to dispense with competi-
5 tive bidding and to enter into a contract with Interface Security Systems for'the installa-
6 tion and maintenance of a Video Assessment System for City Hall, in the amount of
7 Fifty Thousand, Seven Hundred Eighty -six Dollars ($50,786.00).
8 Section 3. Funds for this purchase are available from FY2005 Department of
9 Homeland Security Grant Funding.
10 Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sen-
t 1 tence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or
12 unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining por-
13 tions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so de-
14 clared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the ordi-
15 nance.
16 Section 5. Repealer. All ordinances and resolutions, and parts thereof, which
17 are in conflict with any provision of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of
18 such conflict.
19 PASSED:
20 ATTEST:
February 21, 2006
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23 Na y Woo , City Clerk
24 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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27 Thomas M. Carpenter, City torney
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Ordinance
To waive bidding for Video Assessment System for City Hall
APPROVED:
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Jim qylvey, Mayor