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Motorola APX Radios Purchase
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DESCRIPTION: Motorola APX 6000 portable radio procurement |
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ACTION REQUEST: ☒ Approval ☐ Review Comment ☐ Information Only ☐ Other |
RECOMMENDATION:
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Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to approve the purchase of 25 Motorola APX 6000 Radios and 30 APX 6500 radios, in the amount of $282,072.90 utilizing an existing state contract.
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ISSUE/BACKGROUND:
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Last year the agency conducted a radio inventory of all portable handheld radios. Staff found that the agency had a lot of radios that had exceeded their useful life and needed replacement. Replacement parts for our old XTS radios are also getting harder to come by. Last year the agency replaced 30 handheld radios. The agency has worked out a replacement plan for the remainder of the radios that have exceeded their use full life.
The agency is also purchasing new buses, which will require new radios for these vehicles. The radios that are in vehicles that are being retired have exceeded their useful life.
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DISCUSSION:
This order pertains to the replacement of 25 APX 6000 portable radios, which will effectively replace approximately half of the end-of-life radios currently within our system. In the following year, our agency anticipates replacing the remaining radios, thereby ensuring the up-to-date status of our radio inventory. Our inventory radio target will remain at 175 radios.
The agency has been updating its bus radios with new vehicle procurements. Thirty (30) APX 6500 radios will be purchased and installed by staff to ensure compatibility within our Motorola radio environment.
The procurement for these radios will be conducted through the existing Louisiana state contract numbers 4400022728 and 4400022750.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Funding for this project is available through local funds via account code 01-2943-00-8690-011 in the amount of $282,072.90
NEXT STEPS:
Once approved staff will work on issuing a Purchase order.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution
2. LA State Contract
3. Procurement Routing
Prepared By: Elliot Amsbaugh
Title: Fleet Technology Manager
Reviewed By: Ryan Moser
Title: Chief of Asset Management
Reviewed By: Gizelle Banks
Title: Chief Financial Officer
11/3/2023
Lona Edwards Hankins Date
Chief Executive Officer