REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Authorize the Issuance of a Purchase Order to L.N. Curtis & Sons for Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus for the Department of Public Safety and Approve Budget Modification No. 1 in the Amount of $103,918 (F20-103)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Authorize the issuance of a Purchase Order in the amount of $1,045,977.98 (base bid: $966,002.98, extended warranty: $70,725.00, training: $9,250.00), excluding sales tax, in substantially the same form as Attachment 2 to the report, to L.N. Curtis & Sons for Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus and approval of Budget Modification No. 1 in the amount of $103,918.25 to provide additional funding.
EXISTING POLICY
Pursuant to Section 2.08.040 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, City Council approval is required for the procurement of goods and/or services exceeding $100,000 in any one transaction.
Pursuant to Sunnyvale Charter Section 1305, at any meeting after the adoption of the budget, the City Council may amend or supplement the budget by motion adopted by affirmative votes of at least four members so as to authorize the transfer of unused balances appropriated for one purpose to another, or to appropriate available revenue not included in the budget.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(a) as it has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Department of Public Safety (DPS) personnel responding to an environment which is labeled as immediately dangerous to life and health (IDLH) are required to use personal protective equipment to prevent injury and death. Critical components of that protective equipment include Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus ("SCBA"). The SCBA provides compressed breathing air which...
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