AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Materials Management
ACM: Bryan Langley
AGENDA DATE: March 21, 2017
SUBJECT
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Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas authorizing the approval of a first amendment to a contract between the City of Denton and Mission Critical Partners for a Public Safety Dispatch Study, amending the contract approved by the City Manager on June 29, 2015, in the amount of $99,996, to provide additional consulting services related to the solicitation and implementation of a new Public Safety Dispatch System; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date (File 5860-providing for an additional expenditure amount not-to-exceed $122,161, with the total contract amount not-to-exceed $222,157).
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The City Manager approved a contract with Mission Critical Partners (MCP) through the Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments Cooperative Purchasing program on June 29, 2015 in the amount of $99,996, which is within the City Manager's delegated procurement authority, and as authorized by Texas Local Government Code (TLGC) 271.083 - Cooperative Purchasing. MCP was originally recommended for award based on the work they have previously accomplished with multiple public safety agencies in the DFW area, including the North Central Texas Council of Governments. With the completion of MCP's original contract, a first amendment to the original contract is requested, and is statutorily allowed through the provisions of TLGC 271.083. Since the original contract was awarded utilizing a Cooperative Purchasing Contract, there is not a limitation on contract amendments or amounts of awards. The recommended company is honoring the original hourly rates for this amendment, thereby saving the City of Denton vital funds.
The purpose of the public safety communications assessment (study) was to perform a comprehensive review of staffing, call handling procedures, equipment, and facilities. The ...
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