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Cooperative Purchasing Agreement: Purchase of Thermal Imaging Cameras
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FileID
File ID: 2021-00313
Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation:
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Pass a Motion: 1) approving the use of the National Purchasing Partners Government (NPPGOV) Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Agreement and Master Price Agreement between League of Oregon Cities, an Oregon public corporation, and L. N. Curtis & Sons (Contract No. PS20015) for the purchase of Thermal Imaging Cameras (TICs) for an amount not-to-exceed $435,000; and 2) authorizing the City Manager, or City Manager's designee, to execute the purchase of TICs, through June 30, 2021, for a not-to-exceed amount of $435,000.
FileName
Contact: John Danciart, Assistant Chief, (916) 767-2209, Fire Department
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Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Agreement
3-League of Oregon Cities Master Price Agreement with L.N. Curtis & Sons (Contract No. PS20015)
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: A Thermal Imaging Camera (TIC) interprets the invisible spectrum of light for the human eye to view and understand a picture more easily. A TIC is a vital tool used for searching for victims and maintaining crew accountability while in an Immediately Dangerous to Life of Health (IDLH) atmosphere, commonly known as blackout conditions. This condition typically occurs during structure fires or Hazardous Material incidents where the atmosphere is consumed by dark smoke and the un-aided human eye cannot see, blinding the first responders present at the scene. A TIC also serves as a gauge for interior temperatures while inside of a structure, aiding in the interpretation and layout of a building (critical to the operation) to find the seat of a fire or a dangerous environment, such as a backdraft.
Currently, the Fire Department's TIC equipment is obsolete and constantly failing. The new TICs will complete the replacement of the fai...
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