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TO: Glenn Marcos
Director
Purchasing Department
3,1F. iimoney
FROM: Chief of Police
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
DATE: ""� FILE: LEG 7-2
SUBJECT: Finding of Sole Source
Electronic. Software Upgrade for
REFERENCESthe StingRay and KingFish
Cellular Tracking Surveillance
ENCLOSURES
: Equipment
The Police Department is requesting a sole source finding for the purchase of Dual Band High Powered
3OW Filtered Amplifier, a 2100 MHz Converter and an Amberjack Wideband Direction Finder from Harris
GCSD Wireless Products Group, to upgrade the current cellular tracking surveillance equipment, known as
the StingRay 4 -CH and KingFish 1 -CH, at an amount not to exceed $51,500. Based upon the attached,
please take the necessary steps to verify that Harris GCSD Wireless Products Group, located at P.O. Box
9800 Mailstop R5 -11A, Melbourne, FL 32902-9800, is the sole source provider for the provision of the
electronic software.
The purchase of a Dual Band High Powered 30W Filtered Amplifier, a 2100 MHz Converter and an
Amberjack Wideband Direction Finder constitute an upgrade to the current cellular tracking surveillance
equipment that was purchased utilizing GSA IT 70 Schedule Contract #GS -35F -0283J, authorized pursuant
to Resolution No. 06-0238. The electronic software (training and a one-year maintenance agreement) to
operate the cellular tracking devices was purchased as a sole source from Harris GCSD, as authorized by
Resolution No. 07-0287. The upgrade is necessary to operate both the StingRay 4 -CH and the KingFish 1 -
CH given the continuous change in technology. This will enable the investigators to carry out their duties and
responsibilities in a more effective and efficient manner.
In addition, the amplifier will allow an increase in wattage that will greatly heighten the ability of tracking
phones from an increased distance and reducing the time utilized; the converter is a high performance
converter that enables the StingRay and KingFish to operate in the 2100MHz band, which is the new cellular
phone technology being introduced to the Miami market and already being utilized around the country; the
Amberjack W, an upgrade from the Amberjack X will enable the StingRay to use its added capabilities with
the current iDEN software to pinpoint Sprint/Nextel push to talk cellular phones more effectively, a feature
that the current Amberjack does not have.
Your attention to this matter is greatly appreciated.
JFT!MCS/jms
FINDING O LE SOURCE APPROVED:
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