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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:	May 21, 2019

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

2018 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Grant - Mobile Repeater Vehicle

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 05/21/2019

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, Director
Candace Andersen, Director
Diane Burgis, Director
Karen Mitchoff, Director
Federal D. Glover, Director

Contact:

Aaron McAlister, Deputy 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: May 21, 2019
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Fire Chief, to execute a purchase order with Nomad GCS, in an amount not to exceed $433,000, for the purchase of a mobile repeater vehicle.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (District) could receive up to $400,200 in federal funds. There is no local agency cost sharing requirement. The quoted price of the vehicle is $432,291. The District is requesting slightly higher purchasing authority - as it typically does - for minor, unanticipated changes. The District will be responsible for funding any costs that exceed the award amount of $400,200. Therefore, at the quoted amount, the District will be responsible for approximately $32,800; this amount will come from Special District revenue.

BACKGROUND:

The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (District) has been been awarded funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Grants Program in an amount not to exceed $400,200, for the purchase of a mobile repeater vehicle.

This vehicle will be equipped with a repeater, satellite data/voice/phone backhaul capability, and EBRCS/VHF/UHF patching for use in support of the VHF/UHF/EBRCS, phone, and data communications systems of Alameda County and Contra Costa County. The vehicle will be deployable to any operational area and the Bay Area Region as needed. This vehicle can be deployed to provide increased radio system coverage and redundancy for planned large scale events as well as provide continuity of communications with the remote/mobile repeater capability in the result of damaged/destroyed radio communication infrastructure. The quoted purchase price for the vehicle is $432,291.