CC RESOLUTION 5080 RESOLUTION NO. 5080
A RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE AND
INSTALLATION OF A FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT
WITH WESTNET, INC. WITHOUT THE NEED FOR FORMAL BIDDING
The City Council of the City of EI Segundo does resolve as follows:
SECTION 1: Recitals:
A. The purpose of bidding requirements is to guard against favoritism,
improvidence, extravagance, fraud and corruption, to prevent waste of
public funds, and to obtain the best economic result for the public;
B. The City Council finds that soliciting bids for the purchase and installation
of a fire station alerting (FSA) system would be unavailing or would not
produce an advantage, and the advertisement for competitive bid would
thus be undesirable and impractical for the following reasons:
1. After researching several FSA vendors, as well as talking with the
dispatch center (RCC), it has become clear that only one vendor
can connect with the Fire Department's current Computer Aided
Dispatch (CAD) system (Tri Tech) and the future CAD system
(Mark 43) that will be installed within the next 18-24 months.
2. The Westnet First-In FSA is already utilized by ESFD's dispatch
and integrates into the City's current CAD program seamlessly.
Tens of thousands of dollars will be saved because the Westnet
First-In computer servers are already in place at the dispatch
center.
3. Westnet, Inc. has advised that only Westnet certified installers
can install the First-In Alerting System, which is a proprietary
system. Westnet is not willing to sell the system to the City, which
would allow the installation work to be bid separately.
C, In foregoing formal bidding for the Project, the City Council takes note of the
analysis and decisions set forth in Graydon v. Pasadena Redevelopment
Agency (1980) Cal.App.3d 631; Hodgeman v. City of San Diego (1942) 53
Cal. App.2nd 610; Orange County Water Dist. v. Bennett (1958) 156 Cal.
App.2nd 745; and Los Angeles G&E Corp. v. City of Los Angeles (1922)
188 Cal. 307.
SECTION 2: Authorization. Based on the foregoing findings, the City Council authorizes
the City Manager to execute a contract with Westnet, Inc. for the purchase and installation
of a new Fire Station Alerting System for Fire Stations #1 and #2. The City Manager is
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further authorized to take any administrative actions necessary to implement this
resolution.
SECTION 3: If any part of this Resolution or its application is deemed invalid by a court
of competent jurisdiction, the City Council intends that such invalidity will not affect the
effectiveness of the remaining provisions or applications and, to this end, the provisions
of this Resolution are severable.
SECTION 4: The City Clerk is directed to certify the adoption of this Resolution; record
this Resolution in the book of the City's original resolutions, and make a minute of the
adoption of the Resolution in the City Council's records and minutes of this meeting.
SECTION 5: This Resolution will become effective immediately upon adoption and remain
effective unless superseded by a subsequent resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED RESOLUTION No. 5080, this 3rd day of April,
2018.
uza Fuentes, Mayor
ATTEST:
TracyJeaver, ity Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OJ P P /
Mark D. Hensley, Citiptorney
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
I, Tracy Weaver, City Clerk of the City of EI Segundo, California, do hereby certify that
the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing
Resolution No. 5080 was duly passed, approved and adopted by said City Council at a
regular meeting held on the 3rd day of `April, 2018, approved and signed by the Mayor,
and attested to by the City Clerk, by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Fuentes, Mayor Pro Tem Boyles, Council Member Brann, Council
Member Dugan and Council Member Pirsztuk
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this day of May, 2018.
Tr y Weaver, City Clerk
of the City of EI Segundo,
California