Recommend approval to renew an annual contract for global positioning systems and automatic vehicle locators with CalAmp in the amount of $116,424.00. This contract provides reports and maps to track and document vehicle activity in different service jurisdictions, and to assist in officer deployment management in daily and critical operations for the Savannah Police Department. The contract includes guaranteed pricing for the City of Savannah for five years as follows:  

                                                                                Year 1      $  207,034.00

                                                                                Year 2          116,424.00         

                                                                                Year 3          116,424.00

                                                                                Year 4          116,424.00

                                                                                Year 5          116,424.00

                                            Five Year Total Cost                     $ 672,730.00

No numerical MWBE goals were established for this project, but proposers were encouraged to achieve the highest possible MWBE participation and were allotted a maximum of 10 points in the evaluation criteria if the firm submitted the participation of a combination of prime and sub-contractors. Proposers submitting less than the highest participation were then scored on a prorated scale based on the submitted percentage of participation compared to the highest percentage submitted. The recommended proposer provided MBE participation of 20.9% using Drops Mobile Electronics.

This contract was originally awarded by Council on September 29, 2016. This is the second year of a five-year contract. The contract term will be from March 15, 2018 through March 14, 2019. 

Approval