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To:	Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Board of Directors
From:	Lewis T. Broschard III, Chief, Contra Costa Fire Protection District
Date:	April 24, 2023

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Purchase Order with TriTech Software Systems for Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) System

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 04/24/2023

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Ken Carlson, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Jeff Peter, Assistant Chief, 925-941-3300

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: April 24, 2023
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Acting as the governing board of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a purchase order with TriTech Software Systems, in an amount not to exceed $220,000, for the continued annual maintenance of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District's 911 Computer Aided Dispatch system for the period May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Funds are budgeted in the CCCFPD EMS Transport Fund (fund 204000).

BACKGROUND:

The Contra Costa Regional Fire Communications Center provides emergency medical, fire, and rescue dispatch services for the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District and other neighboring agencies within Contra Costa County using a 911 CAD system. The District's 911 CAD system provider is TriTech Software Systems. The District entered into a Software Support Agreement with TriTech Software Systems on February 3, 2004. This purchase order allows the District to make a payment to Tritech, in accordance with the Software Support Agreement, for the cost of software support, maintenance, and upgrades for the 911 CAD system for the period May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The CAD system is utilized by dispatchers to prioritize and record incident calls, identify the status and location of responders in the field, and effectively dispatch responder personnel. If not maintained, our CAD system could experience periods of unreliability causing service interruptions for Con Fire as well as for the multiple other agencies for whom we provide dispatch services.