S38-E29137 - Approve a purchase from SAFE Boats International, LLC for a 35-foot aluminum custom built boat and trailer from the General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule 84 Contract in the amount of $519,667.17 for Fleet Management Department on behalf of the Houston Police Department.
Specific Explanation:
The Director of the Fleet Management Department and the Chief Procurement Officer recommend that City Council approve the purchase of a 35-foot, aluminum custom built and designed for law enforcement, power-driven boat and trailer from the GSA Schedule 84 Contract through the Cooperative Purchasing Program under the Local Preparedness Acquisition Act, in the amount of $519.667.17 for the Houston Police Department (HPD), and that authorization be given to issue a purchase order to the GSA contractor, SAFE Boats International, LLC. This new 26-passenger capacity boat will be utilized by the Department’s Port Patrol Unit personnel in support of joint homeland security protection and response missions in the Port of Houston area.
The Port Patrol Unit routinely conducts operations in all Houston-area waterways. This new boat will enhance HPD’s capacity for coordinated, joint-protection and response missions, and will provide HPD with the ability to maintain patrol of areas that are currently inaccessible to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) power driven vessels. This boat will be used in conjunction with the USCG Houston Sector station, where HPD will maintain a base of operations for regular and coordinated patrol operations.
The new boat will come with warranties of five years on the boat’s materials and workmanship for commercial use, five years on the fuel tanks, two years on the superstructure, two years on the collar systems and one year on the power plants, electrical equipment, doors, windows, fasteners and miscellaneous other systems. The life expectancy of the boat is twenty years.
Sections 271.081 through 271.083 of the Texas Local Government Code provide the legal authority for local governments to participate in the State of Texas Purchasing Program.
M/WBE Participation:
MWBE Zero Percentage Goal document approved by the Office of Business Opportunity.
Hire Houston First:
This procurement is exempt from the City’s Hire Houston First Ordinance. Bids/proposals were not solicited because the Department is utilizing an Interlocal or Cooperative Purchasing Agreement for this purchase.
Fiscal Note:
No Fiscal Note is required on grant items.
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Jerry Adams, Chief Procurement Officer
Finance/Strategic Procurement Division
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Department Approval Authority
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Estimated Spending Authority
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Department
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FY20
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Out Years
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Total
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Houston Police
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$519,667.17
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$0
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$519,667.17
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