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Consideration of and action on a contract with the City of Deer Park and Emergency Communications Network, LLC for the CodeRED Emergency Notification System.
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Summary:
The City will be making a transition to the CodeRED telephone notification system for emergency notifications for major events, emergencies, and disasters. This telephone notifications system uses the latest technology and is fully integrated with our other emergency notification systems to afford better efficiency and reliability during emergency incidents.
This service cost represents a discount of about 25% from what we have been paying to our current provider. Challenges with the current provider’s level of customer service and support forced staff to begin searching for alternative solutions. This product (CodeRED) appears to be a more robust tool giving us additional capability at a lower cost.
The initial term of this agreement will be one year and two months, with subsequent extensions allowed. The initial term was chosen to carry us through the end of a calendar year, rather than having subsequent renewals occurring during hurricane season. The contract may be terminated by either party with thirty days’ notice.
Fiscal/Budgetary Impact:
This service contract will represent a savings from our current vendor, and will result in a savings of about $7,000 per year.
Recommended action
Staff recommends approval of this contract.