RESOLUTION NO.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION WAIVING THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) PROCESS AND AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING AGENT TO PURCHASE FOUR (4) CUSTOM AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION (ALPR) SPEED TRAILERS FOR THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER (NCRIC) FROM PIPS TECHNOLOGY IN THE AMOUNT OF $164,000

 

RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that:

WHEREAS, since 1997, Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (NCHIDTA) has administered and continues to administer federal and state funding to implement a variety of public safety initiatives focusing on narcotics eradication; and

WHEREAS, since 2004, the Northern California Regional Terrorism Threat Assessment Center (NCRTTAC) through the NCHIDTA has administered and continues to administer federal and state funding to implement a variety of public safety initiatives focusing on anti-terrorism; and

WHEREAS, NCHIDTA and NCRTTAC are managed by the NCHIDTA Executive Board which has designated the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office to serve as fiduciary and fiscal agent for the NCHIDTA; and

WHEREAS, since 2009 the NCHIDTA and NCRTTAC’s Fusion Center began doing business as the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC) in order to provide a clear description and single identity for the “All Crimes” Fusion Center; and

WHEREAS, the County of San Mateo has previously received federal Department of Homeland Security grant funds through the Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Program for which the City and County of San Francisco serves as the lead agency and contracts with the recipient agencies for the distribution of funds; and

WHEREAS, the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management (SFDEM) has been designated to serve as the local administrator for the Fiscal Year 2008 UASI grant award; and

WHEREAS, on June 16, 2009, the County of San Mateo entered into an Agreement (Resolution No. 070216) with the City and County of San Francisco to receive a portion of the grant award, in the amount of $2,253,456 which was designated to fund the NCRIC projects; and

WHEREAS, on May 25, 2010, the County of San Mateo executed the First Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2008 UASI grant award (Resolution No. 070796) to increase the distribution of grant funds by $20,301 from $2,253,456 to $2,273,757; and

WHEREAS, a portion of awarded funding from the Fiscal Year 2008 UASI grant award has been allocated towards the purchase of custom Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) Speed Trailers; and

WHEREAS, the NCRIC currently uses PIPS PAGIS and BOSS software in conjunction with Department of Homeland Security funded and California Emergency Management Agency approved PIPS ALPR systems; and

WHEREAS, PIPS Technology has passed a rigorous 5-protocol day and night testing procedure by the California Highway Patrol with successful capture and plate interpretation rates of 92% obtained at speeds up to 110 miles per hour in various conditions that simulate the mobile law enforcement environment; and

WHEREAS, the custom ALPR Speed Trailer SLATE-950-LE-SST incorporates patented infrared illumination in an infrared camera; and

WHEREAS, waiving the Request for Proposal process is being requested as PIPS Technology is the only vendor and the original equipment manufacturer of the custom ALPR Speed Trailer SLATE-950-LE-SST; and

    NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the
    Board of Supervisors waives the Request for Proposals process and authorizes the Purchasing Agent to purchase four (4) custom ALPR Speed Trailers for the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC) from PIPS Technology in the amount of $164,000

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