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Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. PA-04513 Rebid and award a contract to Helinet Aviation Services, LLC, of Van Nuys, CA (not a MBE, WBE, SBE or Local), for the purchase of thermal imaging systems equipment, for a total amount not to exceed $979,157, inclusive of tax. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On July 24, 2012 and February 12, 2013, the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute all necessary documents to receive and expend grant funding from the 2011 Port Security Grant Program (PSGP 11), in the amounts of $4,420,262 and $1,119,738 respectively. These grant monies are for use by City departments, including Fire, Harbor, Health and Human Services, and Police. These grants focus on protecting City and Port of Long Beach assets and resources in addition to providing funding for public safety training, which assists in the development of plans and protocols. Additionally, the PSGP grants afford Long Beach the opportunity to purchase equipment to enhance security to critical infrastructure sites, and to provide aerial technology, biohazard detective devices, and reporting activity and data storage.
The Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) is building a citywide public safety video network to connect airborne to ground high definition (HD) video law enforcement resources and to the LBPD's Long Beach Common Operating Picture (LBCOP) video network located at the Emergency Communications and Operations Center (ECOC). This network is designed to facilitate cooperation and collaboration between public safety and other agencies, especially during critical police and fire incidents, civil unrest, and other large-scale incidents requiring a unified command. The network will allow operators to establish HD video connections with public safety personnel with minimal effort, utilizing this airborne imaging system to downlink the captured video to on-site police mobile command resources and into the LBCOP network for law enforcement and disaster resources...
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