TO: Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Cale Curtis, City Manager
DATE: December 4, 2024
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MARGATE, FLORIDA, RESOLUTION TO WAIVE OF BIDDING FOR SOLE SOURCE ACQUISITION AND APPROVE AN AGREEMENT OF THE ACQUISITION OF PRODUCTS, WARRANTY, TRAINING, AND REPAIR SERVICES FROM AXON ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED TO EQUIP OUR POLICE PERSONNEL WITH BODY WORN CAMERAS, REPLACE EXISTING TASERS TO THE UPGRADED MODEL, ACQUIRE DRONE EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE THAT MEETS FLORIDA LAW RELATED TO COMPLIANT DRONE MANUFACTURERS. THIS PROPOSED AGREEMENT IS OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD AT A TOTAL COST NOT TO EXCEED $2,198,671.11
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BACKGROUND: The existing contract with Axon Incorporated is set to expire June 2026. Throughout the past five years, the capability, reliability, and dependability of the Officer Safety Plan 7+ has demonstrated a significant improvement in efficiency and officer safety to the members of the Margate Police Department through the addition of body worn cameras and interface with the evidence.com platform.
Since the prior acquisition, there have been substantial technological improvements to the taser, development of virtual reality training devices, and a partnership with Skydio providing for seamless integration of approved drones (UAS). Better pricing is available to upgrade the existing tasers and include new drone equipment and related software through early renewal of the existing contract.
The Florida Legislature amended Section 934.50, Florida Statutes during the 2022 session. The law required the Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) to establish a list of approved drone manufacturers for governmental entities. Governmental agencies using any drone not produced by an approved manufacturer must implement a plan to discontinue the use of such drone by January 1, 2023. In April of 2023, DMS published Rule 60GG-2.007, Florida Administrative Code, which archived the initial approved vendor list and published minimum security r...
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