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Home My WebLink About16753 1 RESOLUTION NO. 16,753 2 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER 3 INTO A CONTRACT WITH NORTH AMERICAN FIRE EQUIPMENT 4 COMPANY, INC., (NAFECO) IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 5 EIGHTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE 6 DOLLARS ($87,475.00), PLUS APPLICABLE TAXES AND FEES, TO 7 PURCHASE PROTECTIVE COATS AND PANTS FOR THE LITTLE 8 ROCK FIRE DEPARTMENT, UTILIZING FUNDS FROM THE FIRE 9 DEPARTMENT GENERAL FUND (105120-60035), ; AND FOR OTHER 10 PURPOSES. 11 12 WHEREAS, the Little Rock Fire Department requires new protective coats and pants for its 2025 13 recruit class to ensure proper safety and performance in the field;and, 14 WHEREAS,the Little Rock Fire Department proposes to purchase twenty-five(25)protective coats 15 at a unit price of Two Thousand Sixty-Nine Dollars and Fifty Cents($2,069.50)each and twenty-five(25) 16 protective pants at a unit price of One Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Nine Dollars and Fifty Cents 17 ($1,429.50)each from NAFECO for a total base amount of Eighty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred Seventy- 18 Five and 00/1000($87,475.00),plus freight and applicable taxes;and, 19 WHEREAS, the purchase will be made utilizing Sourcewell Contract No. 0104241-LIO, which 20 provides a cooperative purchasing agreement that ensures competitive pricing and compliance with 21 procurement regulations;and, 22 WHEREAS,funding for this purchase is available in the Little Rock Fire Department's General Fund 23 (Account No. 105120-60035). 24 NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY 25 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS: 26 Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with North American Fire 27 Equipment Company, Inc., to purchase twenty-five (25) protective coats and twenty-five (25) protective 28 pants, in a total amount not to exceed Eighty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars 29 ($87,475.00),plus freight and applicable taxes. 30 Section 2. Funding for this purchase shall be from the Fire Department's General Fund Account No. 31 105120-60035. 32 Section 3. The purchase shall be made pursuant to Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Contract No. 33 0104241-LIO. Page 1 of 2 1 Section 4.This resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption. 2 SECTION 5. Severability.In the event any title, section,paragraph, item, sentence,clause,phrase,or 3 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or 4 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and 5 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the 6 resolution. 7 SECTION 6. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent 8 with the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. 9 ADOPTED: July 15,2025 10 ATTEST: APPROVED: 11 12 AZAV 13 Allison Segars,City lerk Frank D. Scott,Jr., or 14 APPROVED AS TO FORM: 15 4. 16 p7 at. CA144 17 Thomas M.Carpenter,City Attorney 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // Page 2 of 2