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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-80-0284r111 RESOLUTION 8 0- 2 8 4 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF XEROX CORPORATION FOR FURNISHING INFORMATION PROCESSING EQUIPMENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF POLICE; AT A TOTAL COST OF $14,800.00; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE 1979-80 CAPITAL. EQUIPMENT BUDGET OF THAT DEPARTMENT; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE THE PURCHASE ORDER FOR THIS EQUIPMENT. WHEREAS, pursuant to public notice, sealed bids were received March 14, 1980 for the furnishing of Information Processing Equipment for the Department of Police; and WHEREAS, invitations were mailed to 16 potential suppliers and 2 bids were received; and WHEREAS, funds for this purchase are available in the 1979-80 Capital Equipment Budget: and WHEREAS, this equipment will be used by the Department of Police for the purpose of expanding the Information Processing System in the Chief's Division; and WHEREAS, the City Manager and the Department of Police recommend that the bid received from Xerox Corporation be accepted as the most advantageous bid to the city; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The March 14, 1980 bid of Xerox Corporation for furnishing Information Processing Equipment to the Department of Police at a total cost of $14,800.00 is hereby accepted with funds hereby allocated from the 1979-80 Capital Equipment Budget of that department. Section 2, That the City Manager is hereby authorized to instruct the Purchasing Agent to issue the Purchase Order for this equipment. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1.0 __ day of April 1980. Maurice A. Fe_rre M A Y O R test: City Clerk , PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: 4GEF. AS T ROBERT F. CLARK KNOX ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY ORNE• 'Vvjv;: i J FOLLONY "DOCUMENT 1P�u�X ITEM No " :ORRECTNESS -O-tr"OMMISSION ' MEETING OF APR 14 `,,M manna+ r 14A The Miami News a New Cuban refugees signal Castro woes The dramatic story of this hour is told by numbers, and numbers alone: Some 10,000 Cubans gathered at the Peruvian embassy in Havana over the weekend, seeking a chance to leave their island home. But the causes and effects of that influx suggest even more startling possibilities. This has been a cruel year for Fidel Castro and the revolution he presides over, and Castro himself has admitted that in a variety of ways. Plagued by a worsening economic crisis, Castro reorganized his government at the beginning of the year and took direct control of four high-level ministries. The Soviet military presence in Afghanistan and Castro's obligatory but muted support of it have cost Cuba hard-earned stature within the Third World and a seat on the UN Security Council as well. - And as Castro pointed out, in a surprising speech to the Cuban Assembly last December, Cuba's ties to the Soviet bloc can be more of an economic hindrance than an advantage. The lack of raw materials and of manufactured goods dominated Castro's state -of -the -revolution talk, and he made repeated references to Russia's failure to supply the items Cuba cannot produce. The unprecedented numbers of refugees leaving Cuba in the past two years are another symptom of the stalled revolutionary economy. It is obvious that Castro needs more help than the Communist bloc is willing or able to provide, equally obvious that Cuba with her two -crop economy can never be totally independent but will always require extensive trade agreements with outside nations. Such acknowledgements that the Russo -Cuban alliance is less than successful is a great propaganda defeat for the Soviet bloc. While the wholesale granting of permission to leave Cuba last week was a result of the problems being encountered by Castro's revolution, the effect will be felt locally. It is likely that at least half the Cubans who sought asylum over the weckend will end up in Miami sooner rather than later. Many of them have relatives or other ties here and would naturally wish to live in South Florida. And in this sense, too, the dramatic events in Havana provide the catalyst for a long overdue policy change. Miami and Dade County have become, by accident of geography, the traditional goal of nearly every economic and political refugee in the Caribbean basin. And while the influx of Cubans, Haitians. Puerto Ricans, Jamaicans and Nicaraguans has made this community a pluralistic society and a cultural melange, the local medical, —social and educational resources have been severely strained for some time. It is obvious that this area needs more and better federal aid, ongoing pro;rams to help the city absorb the refugee waves, economic grants to provide a buffer against cultural conflicts. With proper help, the tensions in this community can be eased and new ones avoided. x �. � �• ,� Tuesday. April 8, M f 14 - The Miami News `���,�w �•��i•+�� ��� Tuesday,P April S. e, New Cuban retug ees signal Castro woes The dramatic story of this hour is told by numbers, and numbers alone: Some '10,000 Cubans gathered at the Peruvian embassy in Havana over the weekend, seeking a chance to leave their island home. But the causes and effects of that influx suggest even more startling possibilities. This has been a cruel year for Fidel Castro and the revolution he presides over, and Castro himself has admitted that in a variety of ways. Plagued by a worsening economic crisis, Castro reorganized his government at the beginning of the year and took direct control of four high-level ministries. The Soviet military presence in Afghanistan and Castro's obligatory but muted support of it have cost Cuba . hard-earned stature within the Third World and a seat on the UN Security Council as well. - And as Castro pointed out, in a surprising speech to the Cuban Assembly last December, Cuba's ties to the Soviet bloc can be more of an economic hindrance than an advantage. The lack of raw materials and of manufactured goods dominated Castro's state -of -the -revolution talk, and he made repeated references to Russia's failure to supply the items Cuba cannot produce. The unprecedented numbers of refugees leaving Cuba in the past two years are another symptom of the stalled revolutionary economy. It is obvious that Castro needs more help than the Communist bloc is willing or able to provide, equally obvious that Cuba with her two -crop economy can never be totally independent but will always require extensive trade agreements with outside nations. Such acknowledgements that the Russo -Cuban alliance is less than successful is a great propaganda defeat for the Soviet bloc. While the wholesale granting of permission to leave Cuba last week was a result of the problems being encountered by Castro's revolution, the effect will be felt locally. It is likely that at least half the Cubans who sought asylum over the weekend will end up in Miami sooner rather than later. Many of them have relatives or other tics here and would naturally wish to live in South Florida. And in this sense, too, the dramatic events in Havana provide the catalyst for a long overdue policy change. Miami and Dade. County have become, by accident of geography, the traditional goal of nearly every economic and political refugee in the Caribbean basin. And while the influx of Cubans, Haitians, Puerto Ricans, Jamaicans and Nicaraguans has made this community a pluralistic society and a cultural melange, the local medical, —social and educational resources have been severely strained for some time. It is obvious that this area needs more and better federal aid, ongoing programs to help the city absorb the refugee waves, economic grants to provide a buffer against cultural conflicts. With proper help, the tensions in this community can be eased and new ones avoided. e 1 A . 4 The Miami News ,;�"' f:+' �K�'�a►:>I `ti►►' Tueada , April 8, _ Y P New Cuban refugees signal Castro woes The dramatic story of this hour is told by numbers, and numbers alone: Some '10,000 Cubans gathered at the Peruvian embassy in Havana over the weekend, seeking a chance to leave their island home. But the causes and effects of that influx suggest even more startling possibilities. This has been a cruel year for Fidel Castro and the revolution he presides over, and Castro himself has admitted that in a variety of ways. Plagued by a worsening economic crisis, Castro reorganized his government at the beginning of the year and took direct control of four high-level ministries. The Soviet military presence in Afghanistan and Castro's obligatory but muted support of it have cost Cuba . hard-earned stature within the Third World and a seat on the UN Security Council as well. - And as Castro pointed out, in a surprising speech to the Cuban Assembly last December, Cuba's ties to the Soviet bloc can be more of an economic hindrance than an advantage. The lack of raw materials and of manufactured goods dominated Castro's state -of -the -revolution talk, and he made repeated references to Russia's failure to supply the items Cuba cannot produce. The unprecedented numbers of refugees leaving Cuba in the past two years are another symptom of the stalled revolutionary economy. It is obvious that Castro needs more help than the Communist bloc is willing or able to provide. equally obvious that Cuba with her two -crop economy can never be totally independent but will always require extensive trade agreements %ti ith outside nations. Such acknowledgements that the Russo -Cuban alliance is less than successful is a great propaganda defeat for the Soviet bloc. While the wholesale granting of permission to leave Cuba last «•cek was a result of the problems being encountered by Castro's revolution, the effect will be felt locally. It is likely that at least half the Cubans who sought asylum over the weekend will end up in Miami sooner rather than later. Many of them have relatives or other ties here ' and would naturally wish to live in South Florida. And in this sense, too, the dramatic events in Havana provide the catalyst for a long overdue policy change. Miami and Dade County have become, by accident of geography, the traditional goal of nearly every economic and political refugee in the Caribbean basin. And while the influx of Cubans, Haitians, Puerto Ricans, Jamaicans and Nicaraguans has made this community a pluralistic society and a cultural melange, the local medical, —social and educational resources have been severely strained for some time. It is obvious that this area needs more and better federal Rid, ongoing programs to help the city absorb the refugee waves, economic grants to provide a buffer against cultural conflicts. With proper help, the tensions in this community can be eased and new ones avoided. C 11 In tiltilldll wt�"Ilts the i6sae in Havana FUNNY thing how fast the oe has world to follow suit and open t. doors changed feet. For the past 21 }ears, to the refugees. Certainly with assist - Cuban dictator Fidel Castro has ha- ance from the United Nations Commis= rassed his Latin American neighbors by sion on Refugees, an expedient interna- exporting subversion -- which included tional effort to get the refugees out ap- sending Che Gueva- pears likely. ra to Bolivia and The United States should offer any weapons to Venezu- N?;,jr.' possible assistance that Peru and the ela at one point. '. � other Andean Pact nations — which Now, his Latin " �•• jointly formulate their foreign policy — neighbors scent to ; I"% might request. be paying him back � �•' with a subtle weap-, `t.;.a=i,1 Certainly, the survival of 10,000 per - on: support for hu- `w sons crowded into an embassy com- ., .a►' man rights. �_: pound of 2,..00 square yards is a The decision by •• human -rights issue for all the world's Peru and its Andean nations. Pact neighbors to The solidarity and compassion shown grant asylum to the Castro by Cuban exiles in South Florida to- 10,000 Cubans who wards their compatriots at the Peruvian have sought refuge at the Peruvian cm- embassy has been impressive and highly bassy in Havana is heartwarming. With emotional. In the course of showing this the possible exception of oil -rich Vene• support, however, some demonstrators zuela, the other Andean countries — in. have tied up traffic, forced businesses to eluding Peru itself, Colombia, Ecuador, close, and inconvenienced a number of and Bolivia —'are facing serious eco- non -Cuban Miamians by the fervor of nomic and political problems at home. the demonstrations. Yet they have not hesitated to offer Now that it appears relief and eventu- asylum to the desperate Cubans seeking al freedom will be provided for the em- a way out of a homeland they have seen bassy's massed seekers of a better life, a become a trap. The Peruvian example welcome, and relieved, calm can return should inspire other countries in the free to Greater Miami. nty, and the r,•,t,,,,inn „r nuity if wages under federal employment were so Mw vpu had to take another jnh under Social Security to make ends meet. - V. Fven though we aorkea long and hard for the Federal Government, c►en though we worked another juh and paid in our Social Security, there Is now a movement afoot to deny Richard Nixon: - American er•ican `Sly W To The Editor: What happened to justice in our country? Richard Nixon was the leader of the Water- gate scandal. Ise gave the or- ders and instructions, yet all his aides were punishrd, and he got away free and clean. Ile should have been punl�hed first. Now he is lit ins; the "life of Riley" with an expensive home in New York City, plus all accominodations and de- sires at our expense. fie is all smiles and laughing at how he got away frorn prosecution. Ile is the shah of the United States. JOSEru P\GE 1 hanif s,. iililll��I1 nio -llts [lie issue, in na /ana FUNNY thing how fast the oe has world to follow suit and open I. doors changed feet. For the past 21 years, to the refugees. Certainly with assist - Cuban dictator Fidel Castro has ha- ante from the United Nations Commis-; rassed his Latin American neighbors by sion on Refugees, an expedient interns- exporting subversion — which included tional effort to get the refugees out ap- sending Che Gueva- pears likely. ra to Bolivia and The United States should offer any weapons to Venezu-;,gyp;' possible assistance that Peru and the ela at one point. •J•L? other Andean Pact nations -- which Now, his Latin �'`• jointly formulate their foreign policy neighbors seem to �� might request. be paying him back Certainly, the survival of 10,000 per - with asubtle xxeap•, sons crowded into an embassy com- on: support for hu• ;,. `-•. pound of 2,200 square yards is a man rights. a,,, human -rights issue for all the w•orld's The decision by , •• , nations. Peru and its Andean Pact neighbors to - The solidarity and compassion shown grant asylum to the Castro by Cuban exiles in South Florida to- 10,000 Cubans who wards their compatriots at the Peruvian have sought refuge at the Peruvian em- embassy has been impressive and highly basso in Havana is heartwarming. With emotional. In the course of showing this the possible exception of oil -rich Vene- support, however, some demonstrators zuela, the other Andean countries — in. have tied up traffic, forced businesses to eluding Peru itself, Colombia. Ecuador, close, and inconvenienced a number of and Bolivia —'are facing serious eco- non -Cuban ;Miamians by the fervor of nomic and political problems at home. the demonstrations. Yet they have not hesitated to offer Now that it appears relief and eventu- asylum to the desperate Cubans seeking al freedom will he provided for the em- a way out of a homeland they have seen bassy's massed seekers of a better life, a become a trap. The Peruvian example welcome, and relieved, calm can return should inspire other countries in the free to Greater Miami. nt}, and the re tug tin if nuity if wages under Federal employment were so Imo you had to take another jamb under' Social Security to make ends meet. Even though we worked long and hard for the Federal Guvcrnment, c%en though we worked another job and paid in our Social Security, there is now a mo%entent afoot to deny ' l Richard A'ixon: American `S► uh' To The Editor, What happened to justice in our country? Richard Nixon was the leader of the Watrr- Fate scandal. Ise gave the or- ders and instructions, Yet all his aides were punished• and he got away free and clean. Ile should have been pum,hcd first. Now he is living the "lireor Riley" with an expensive home in New York City, plus all accommodations and de- sires at our expense. Ile is all smiles and laughing at how he got away from prosecution. lie is the shah of the United States. JOSEP14 PAGE �r�nprf his TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 198 i Wim-J, 05t / AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER 10,000 Cubans. THF INCIDENT at the Peruvian embassy its Havana is as close as Cuba ever gets to a free electi^n. Peru had given asylum to a few Cuban "dis- sidents' who had crashed through the guard their government posts around foreign embassies to keep coaimon cAiLens out. Fidel Castro then lifted the guard, apparently figuring to teach Peru a lesson by allowing a .certain number of Cubans to enter and swamp the facilities. But in barely a day, upwards of 10,000 Cubans flooded through, creating a logistical nightmare but meanwhile dramatizing the level of desperation and discontent among the Cuban people. For nothing more than the hope of leaving —a hope that, if frustrated, would leave them vulnerable to the state's vengeance —these people were ready to abandon their whole stake in their homeland and take a chance in a foreign land. The Castro government promptly and typically characterized the 10.000 as "anti -social elements, vagrants and bums" and bid them good riddance. Yet the incident casts a rare, revealing light on the 30- year record of communist Cuba, so often portrayed by sympathetic visitors as a proud and plucky little country that plays David to the imperialist Goliath I and provides working mothers good day care to boot. The judgment reflected at the Peruvian embassy is of a country that offers such an unpromising future that, the instant an opportunity appears, 10,000 people are ready, at great risk, just to go. So much for the popular appeal of Castroism —day care or no. Economically, socialist Cuba is even more colonially dependent on a single export crop than $ pre -Castro Cuba. A Soviet subsidy, not the perform- ! ance of the system, keeps socialism afloat in Havana. In return, Moscow gets a Caribbean outpost and rents the Cuban army. Such is the substance of the "Cuban model" that Fidel Castro and his admirers hold up for emulation I by Latins and others. Cuba is a police state whose im- poverishment is scarcely concealed by foreign sub- sidv and whose assertive nationalism in turn conceals a status as a great -power pawn. At a time when fer- ment in Central America and the Caribbean has stirred fresh awareness of Cuba's capacity for trou- blemaking, it is sobering to see 10,000 Cubans making the point. it � TUESDAY. APRIL 8• 198 9ton j f 1 / AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER 10,000 CubansJ, THE INCIDENT at the Peruvian embassy in Havana is as close as Cuba ever gets to a free election. Peru had given asylum to a few Cuban "dis- sidents" who had crashed through the guard their government posts around foreign embassies to keep common citizens out. Fidel Castro then lifted the guard, apparently figuring to teach Peru a lesson by allowing a .certain number of Cubans to enter and swamp the facilities. But in barely a day, upwards of 10,000 Cubans flooded through, creating a logistical nightmare but meanwhile dramatizing the level of desperation and discontent among the Cuban people. For nothing more than the hope of leaving —a hope that, if frustrated, would leave them vulnerable to the state's vengeance —these people were ready to abandon their whole stake in their homeland and take a chance in a foreign land. The Castro Ro%ernment promptly and typically characterized the 10.000 as "anti•sneial elements, vagrants and bums" and bid them good riddance. Yet the incident casts a rare, revealing lieht on the 20- year record of communist Cuba, so often portrayed by sympathetic visitors as a proud and plucky little country that plays David to the imperialist Goliath i and provides working mothers good day care to boot. The judgment reflected at the Peruvian embassy is of a country that offers such an unpromising future that, the instant an opportunity appears, 10,000 people are ready, at great risk, just to go. So much for the popular appeal of Castroism —day care or no. Economically, socialist Cuba is even more colonially dependent on a single export crop than M pre -Castro Cuba. A Soviet subsidy, not the perform- ! ance of the system, keeps socialism afloat in Havana. In return, Moscow gets a Caribbean outpost and rents the Cuban army. i Such is the substance of the "Cuban model" that Fidel Castro and his admirers hold up for emulation ' by Latins and others. Cuba is a police state whose im- poverishment is scarcely concealed by foreign sub- side and whose assertive nationalism in turn conceals a status as a Rreat•power pawn. At a time when fer- ment in Central America and the Caribbean has stirred fresh awareness of Cuba's capacity for trou- blemaking, it is sobering to see 10,000 Cubans making the point. :••t R.r neNya§hWton Star Founded !a 185J, �NMfAt , arurrdw!<m�r �MUMY1.CAK Wror --A&. De"4 &Wor fD11 Gr Y YODq /R. afiAxtUl�e allAe► ••M THURWAY, APRL 10, 1980 ' Cubans on -the fly The sight of 10,000 Cubans jammed behind the fence of the Peruvian Embassy in Havana says all that needs to be said about the success of Fidel Castro's revolution. The crowd of desperate people was created by the mere news that armed Cuban guards had been removed from the entrance to the embassy. The numbers of would-be emigrants, willing to undergo substantial danger and discomfort, sug• gest sizable disaffection in the less adventurous remainder of the Cuban citizenry. How many would flee if the doors were opened wide? Mr. Castro, burned in his bid to teach the Peruvians a lesson about embassy security and the granting of asylum, doesn't dare to find out. The Cuban regime has been arguing with several other Latin American governments about principles of diplomatic asylum. The dis- pute came to a head over Peru's recent grant of sanctuary to a couple of dozen Cuban refugees, including some involved in a shooting exchange last week in which a Cuban guard was killed. Cuba officially maintains that those who forced their way onto embassy grounds must be re- turned for prosecution as criminals. In the invasion of the Peruvian premises by all who could squeeze in, Mr. Castro has suffered international embarrassment. Much of Cuba's former middle class already is in the lists of emigres who got out in earlier waves, including more than a quarter of a million who came to the United States on "freedom flights" between 1966 and 1973. Those remaining on the island have had the benefit of more than two decades of communist ministrations— they've been indoctrinated, had their economic lives planned, been protected from outside influences by the machinery of a police state and enjoyed huge Soviet subsidies. • r • �' ti 1 xf 1 _r is �1 tt b But thousands are ready to risk their lives on a 1 momentary chance to flee to Peru, another poor Latin American country. Could this suggest to President Castro that he has been doing something wrong? His miscalcu- lation in setting up,last weekend's humiliation shows him to be wanting in basic knowledge of the Cuban state of mind. He doesn't know the people he has worked to manipulate for decades. They don't like or respect him nearly as much as t he would have the world think they do, and he has managed to make a public display of his per- i sonal shortcoming. Beyond this, he has drawn attention to the fact that Cuban communism after 21 years is an eco- nomic, political and social failure in the view of a lot of citizens. The people seeking Peruvian protection cite a range of discontents. --I The new wave of refugees must be allowed to leave Cuba, where any chance they might have had for tolerable lives is dashed by their attempt at departure. Peru should not be expected to ab- sorb the total influx, and other countries in the Hemisphere shotild be willing to help. Some of the Cubans presumably will seek to join the siza- ble exile community in the United States, and should be given due consideration for entrance. As for an overall liberation of Cuban emigra- tion (available now only to some amnestied po- litical prisoners and a handful of others with close relatives abroad), we would be surprised if Mr. Castro ever opened the doors. The outward flow to freer climes would depopulate the island. But Mr. Castro can take what comfort there is in the similar fears of much older communist lead- erships. After more than 60 years, the Soviet Union's exits are open only a tightly guarded crack. . -i h§hWtonStar Founded In 1852 1 - MURRAY J. GAIM Wtor �NU1r QSI IJr, awsury /Clio►' WUJdAM I. "*AM. dp' Mier ZDWW IL YODD it, "tonal Rap ttd W � 1, THURSIJAY, APRIL 10, 1980 t Cubans on the fly The sight of 10,000 Cubans jammed behind the fence of the Peruvian Embassy in Havana says all that needs to be said about the success of Fidel Castro's revolution. The crowd of desperate people was created by the mere news that armed Cuban guards had been removed from the entrance to the embassy. The numbers of would-be emigrants, willing to undergo substantial danger and discomfort, sug- gest sizable disaffection in the less adventurous remainder of the Cuban citizenry. How many would flee if the doors were opened wide? Mr. Castro, burned in his bid to teach the Peruvians a lesson about embassy security and the granting of asylum, doesn't dare to find out. The Cuban regime has been arguing with several other Latin American governments about principles of diplomatic asylum. The dis- pute came to a head over Peru's recent grant of sanctuary to a couple of dozen Cuban refugees, including some involved in a shooting exchange last week in which a Cuban guard was killed. Cuba officially maintains that those who forced their way onto embassy grounds must be re- turned for prosecution as criminals. In the invasion of the Peruvian premises by all who could squeeze in, Mr. Castro has suffered international embarrassment. Much of Cuba's former middle class already is in the lists of emigres who got out in earlier waves, including more than a quarter of a million who came to the United States on "freedom flights" between 1966 and 1973. Those remaining on the island have had the benefit of more than two decades of communist ministrations -- they've been indoctrinated, had their economic lives planned, been protected from outside influences by the machinery of a police state and enjoyed huge Soviet subsidies. . tf But thousands are ready to risk their lives on a momentary chance to flee to Peru, another poor Latin American country. Could this suggest to President Castro that he has been doing something wrong? His miscalcu- lation in setting up last weekend's humiliation shows him to be wanting in basic knowledge of the Cuban state of mind. He doesn't know, the people he has worked to manipulate for decades. They don't like or respect him nearly as much as he would have the world think they do, and he has managed to make a public display of his per. sonal shortcoming. Beyond this, he has drawn attention to the fact that Cuban communism after 21 years is an eco- nomic, political and social failure in the view of a lot of citizens. The people seeking Peruvian protection cite a range of discontents. The new wave of refugees must be allowed to leave Cuba, where any chance they might have had for tolerable lives is dashed by their attempt at departure. Peru should not be expected to ab- sorb the total influx, and other countries in the Hemisphere should be willing to help. Some of the Cubans presumably will seek to join the siza- ble exile community in the United States, and should be given due consideration for entrance. As for an overall liberation of Cuban emigra- tion (available now only to some amnestied po- litical prisoners and a handful of others with close relatives abroad), we would be surprised if Mr. Castro ever opened the doors. The outward flow to freer climes would depopulate the island. But Mr. Castro can take what comfort there is in the similar fears of much older communist lead- erships. After more than 60 years, the Soviet Union's exits are open only a tightly guarded crack. - • r 1 I .t I r t r Mr. Joseph R. Grassie City Manager A. L. Mullins Purchasing Agent PIUA Tr_r�..+:=.10 ant ar)t;,.q March 21, 1980 FILE Recommendation for Resolution and Award of Bid: No. 79-80-53, Information Processing Equipment Award of Bid, Resolution Pursuant to public notice, sealed bids were received March 14, 1980 for furnishing Information Processing Equipment for the Department of Police. Invitations were mailed to 16 potential suppliers and 2 bids were received as follows: Bidder Amount Xerox Corporation $14 800.00 Enfields Miami Photo, Inc. $18,244.00 Funds for this purchase are available in the 1979-80 Capital Equipment Budget. The Information Processing System in the Chief's Division presently includes one Xerox Model. 800 and one Xerox Model 850. The "860" addition to the system will provide "memory" plus the ability to communicate with divisions within the department without discloUSUre of confidential. info nnation. It is recommended that the award be made and a resol'ltion be passed accepting the most advantageous bid as received from Xerox Corporation for furnishing one Xerox 860 Information Processing System at a total cost of $14,800.00. The Department of Police concurs with this recommendation. ALM:an 80-284 a a AWARD OF BID 4 ITEM: DEPARTMENT: TVD C n n nnnn n► n n. REASON: POTENTIAL BIDDERS: BIDS RECEIVED: TABULATION: Bid No. 79-80-53 Information Processing Equipment Police Single Purchase Additional requirement for Chiefs Division 16 2 Bidder Amount Xerox Corporation $14,800.00 Enfields Miami Photo, Inc. $18,244.00 FUNDS: 1979-80 Capital Equipment Budg t CERTIFIED AS TO AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS/SOURCE -�/� ' • .i• C�, t ' Department of Finance BID EVALUATION: Following is an analysis of the Invitation to bid: Number of Bid Number of Category Invitations Mailed Responses Prior Bidders 4 2 New Bidders 6 • Minority Bidders Courtesy Notifications 6 - "No Bids" 8 Totals 16 10 Reasons for "No Bid" were as follows: 1. Not able to meet specifications. 2. Specifications restricted to Xerox. It was necessary to include in the specifications that the equipment "must be compatible" with the Xerox 800 and Xerox 850 which are presently in use. The bid responses verify that only the Xerox 860 can comply. PRICE COMPARISON: This equipment has not previously been purchased by the City. however, the Xerox bid price is comparable to the prices furnished to other governmental and educational users. RECOMMENDATION: IT IS REMI MENDED THAT THE: Al•'ARD BE ;MADE TO XEROX CORPORAT ION . The Department of Police concurs. 411ttrchasin;-, Agent--- Date 80-20S,