Req. #1 1 191
RESOLUTION NO. 37062
WHEREAS, included in the Tacoma Fire Department's ("TFD") most
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recent Fire Act grant award from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
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4 was partial funding for a major upgrade of TFD's Northrop Grumman
5 Information Technology, Inc. ("Northrup"), Computer-Aided Dispatch
6 System ("CADS"), and
7 WHEREAS the upgrade will enable TFD to dispatch emergency units
8 based upon real time polling of the locations of the units (instead of station
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locations) and will provide mapping and emergency route recommendations for
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I I emergency units, and
12 WHEREAS, due to the proprietary nature of TFD's existing CADS, the
1 3 expert computing services required to complete the upgrade can only be
1 4 performed by Northrop, and
1 5 WHEREAS the grant will provide $505,000 toward the total cost of the
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project, and
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18 WHEREAS E911 moneys provided to TFD for emergency
19 communications, budgeted from the Fire Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund,
20 will pay the remaining $73,492.52 of the project cost; Now, Therefore,
21 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TACOMA:
22 That the proper officers of the City are hereby authorized to execute an
23 agreement with Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc., in the amount
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of $578,492.52, for expert services to complete a major software upgrade of
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