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 City of Hermosa Beach --- 01-09-01
REQUEST TO PURCHASE BALLISTIC VESTS
RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that Council:
BACKGROUND The last major purchase of ballistic vests for the police department occurred in June 1996. The warranty on ballistic vests is five (5) years and it is time to replace those ballistic vests currently in use. During the spring of this year staff applied for a Federal grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Department of Justice to support the purchase of armor vests for police officers. The purpose of this grant program (Bulletproof Vest Partnership) is to save lives of law enforcement officers by helping States and units of local governments equip their law enforcement officers with vests. In July of this year, the Department of Justice approved the City’s application in the amount of $6164.00 to off set the costs of purchasing ballistic vests. Under the grant program, the City is required to make the initial purchase of the 34 vests mentioned. Upon receipt of the vests, application is made to the Department of Justice for reimbursement. After a trial period, staff selected a vest produced by the U.S. Armor Corporation. The U.S. Armor Corporation is to be considered a sole source vendor in that their company does not utilize a distributor network and vests can only be purchased directly from the manufacturer. Under city rules, a purchase over $5000 can be made to a sole source vendor without utilizing the RFP (request for proposal) process.
FISCAL IMPACT The funds to purchase these vests have been appropriated in the COPS fund for the current fiscal year. While the initial outlay for this purchase is $13,617.86, the amount of $7454.19 is to be spent out of the COPS fund with the remaining amount of $6164.00 to come from the Grant Fund, BVP account.
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