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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JANUARY 17, 2012 <br />TITLE: <br />CONTRACT AWARD TO MALLORY <br />SAFETY & SUPPLY COMPANY FOR FIT <br />TEST MACHINES <br />(SPEC. NO. 12 -003) <br />b,,IkiJ5�� <br />1 <br />�.� <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1"Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2"dReading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Award a contract to Mallory Safety & Supply Company for portable Fit Test Machines in an <br />amount not to exceed $423,000. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The United States Department of Homeland Security, Office of Grants and Training has <br />developed the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) funding program. This initiative was <br />designed to enhance the domestic preparedness of urban areas by ensuring that all emergency <br />first responders have adequate and appropriate equipment to prevent, respond to, and recover <br />from acts of terrorism. Santa Ana has been designated as an Urban Area Core City for the ninth <br />year. The City of Santa Ana has fiscal responsibility for the FY09 UASI Grant for the <br />Anaheim /Santa Ana Urban Area which encompasses 34 jurisdictions in Orange County. <br />In 2004, The US Department of Homeland Security identified Chemical, Biological, Radiological, <br />and Nuclear (CBRN) protection and response capabilities as a priority for State and Local first <br />responders. As a result, personal protective equipment in the form of chem /bio suits, and air <br />purifying respirators (gas masks) were purchased for all law and fire responders. As part of <br />developing the CBRN protection /response capability, a number of fit test machines were also <br />purchased to perform annual fit testing of the respirators. The purchase of fit test machines was <br />necessary as annual fit testing is a requirement of CA OSHA (California Code of Regulations, <br />Title 8, §5144). <br />The existing fit test machines are outdated, and many of them in various states of disrepair. In <br />addition, many jurisdictions do not have adequate access to fit test machines in order to reach or <br />maintain CA OSHA compliance. Using FY09 UASI funds, the Santa Ana Police Department <br />intends to purchase fit test machines to replace the current inventory and additional machines to <br />ensure fit testing capability exists within every jurisdiction in the Operational Area. <br />22E -1 <br />