Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Emergency Management
Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Contract
Purpose: For communications and emergency alerts throughout the city
Entity Name: Solar Technology, Inc.
Entity Address: 7620 Cetronia Road, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18106
Contract Amount: $236,091.69
Funding Source: Office of Homeland Security & Preparedness (OHSP) Grant-Federal Funds
Contract Period: N/A
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor () Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( X ) n/a General Service Administration Procurement
Additional Information:
Approved GSA Contractor GS-07F-5946P
No City funds required.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark, Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security requests to purchase Variable Message Boards that can be deployed when needed for communications and emergency alerts throughout the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, the State 2004 Appropriations Act, P.L.2004, c. 71, and as described by the Division of Local Government Services in Local Finance Notices 2004-21 and further reiterated as option no. 4 in Local Finance Notice 2009-20 allows local units to purchase goods from certain federal government contracts without the requirement for public bidding pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law, and through this resolution and properly executed contracts, the City of Newark plans to use such contracts to undertake the purchase Variable Message Boards that can be deployed when needed for communications and emergency alerts through the city; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security concludes that bidding is not practicable in order to meet acquisition timing or other criteria appropriate to the circumstances; and
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