HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 06-2008RESOLUTION NO. 06-2008
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A SOLE SOURCE
PURCHASE OF T'HE FIRE FACILITIES AND NIELSEN
BUILDING SYSTEMS WESTECH INSULATION AND
DRAEGER FIRE SIMULATION SYSTEMS AND AMENDING
THE 2007-2008 CIl? BUDGET TO APPROPRIATE $580,000
FOR THE PROJECT WITH FUNDING FROM THE FIRE
DONATIONS ACCOUNT
WHEREAS, the City Council has authorized the funding of additional burn rooms and
fire simulation equipment for the Fire Training Tower, located at 480 North Canal, South San
Francisco, California; and
WHEREAS, all such current burn rooms used by the Fire Department in the Fire
Training Tower utilize the Westec;h Insulation System manufactured by Fire Fac;ilities and
Nielsen Building Systems; and
WHEREAS, all such current simulations used by the Fire Department in the Fire
Training Tower utilize the fire simulation and control systems manufactured by Draeger Safety
Systems, Ltd.; and
WHEREAS, California Public Contract Code Section 3400(b) permits general law cities
to suspend competitive bidding and to make sole source purchases of products or equipment in
order to match other products in use on a particular public improvement either completed or in
the course of completion or to obtain a necessary item that is only available from one source; and
WHEREAS, after thoroughly reviewing and studying the equipment available from
companies that specialize in the construction and sale of insulating systems for fire training
structures, staff has determined that only one product, the Fire Facilities and Nielsen Building
Systems Westec Insulation System, meets the City's needs and concerns with respect to
durability, health and safety and available warranties; and
WHEREAS, after thoroughly reviewing and studying the available data., the Fire
Department has determined that miatching the proposed Draeger fire simulation system with
other existing simulators that shall be used on the Station 61 Project Site is crucial for Fire
Department personnel safety, operator training, warranty review and equipment maintenance.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby finds that all of the recitals
set forth above are true and correct to the best of its knowledge, and based on said finding,
determines that staff may designate the Fire Facilities and Nielsen Building Systc;m Westec
Insulation System as a required component in its specifications for the training; tower in
accordance with the Public Contract: Code Section 3400 exception for components or equipment
available from a sole source.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby finds that all of the recitals
set forth above are true and coi~ect to the best of its 1~lowledge, and based on said finding,
determines that, as to the purchase of the Draeger fire simulation system, the formal bid
procedures set forth in the South San Francisco Municipal Code may be dispensed with 111
accordance with the Public Contract Code Section 3400 exception for components or equipment
available from a sole source.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is 1lereby authorized to enter into
an agreement for the purchase of said Westech Insulation Systems from Fire Facilities and
Nielsen Building Systems in an amount not to exceed $145,000 and fire simulation system from
Drager Safety Systems, Ltd., in an amount not to exceed $435,000.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the 2007-2008 Capital Improvement Program
Budget is hereby amended to appropriate $580,000 from. the Fire Donations Account to fund the
Westech and Drager Safety Systems contracts. The finding will come from $330,000 in existing
funds and $250,000 in funds donated fiom Genentech.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was regularly introduced and adopted by
the City Council of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting held on the 9t~' day of
January 2008 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Mark N. Addie~o, Richard A. Garbarino and Kevin Mullin,
NOES
Mayor Pro Tem Karyl Matsumoto and Mayor Pedro Gonzalez
None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
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