REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Amend an Existing Contract for Ammunition and Miscellaneous Safety Items (F16-16)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to amend an existing contract with Adamson Police Products for the purchase of ammunition and miscellaneous safety items required by the Department of Public Safety (DPS). A contract in the amount of $157,000 was awarded by Council in October 2014 (RTC 14-0982), with an option to renew for two additional one-year periods. The miscellaneous items obtained from Adamson include specific training gear for police academy recruits.
Due to the receipt of backordered ammunition and the increase in recruiting and, therefore the demand in police academy gear, it is necessary to increase the Adamson contract by $10,000. The contract amount will increase to $167,000.
EXISTING POLICY
Council approval is required to amend existing Council-approved contracts absent delegated authority to the City Manager to make such modification.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
N/A
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The Department of Public Safety provides ammunition in a variety of calibers for handguns, rifles, and shotguns for Public Safety Officers for use in training, practice, and firearms qualification. The preferred brand of ammunition selected by DPS is Winchester, of which Adamson Police Products is the distributor for this area.
Public Safety recruits attend the Alameda County Sheriff's Office Police Academy, for which specific training gear and clothing are required. Adamson is the sole local distributor for these items. The increased number of recruits attending the police academy, coupled with receipt of the backordered ammunition, requires a contract amendment in the amount of $10,000 to cover expenses through the end of October 2015. Two successive annual renewal periods, not to exceed budgeted amounts, were authorized by Council in 2014, therefore action on the contract extension is not required.
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