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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLegislationFile Number: 09-00361 City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com Final Action Date: A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY A FOUR-FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION, AFTER A DULY ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING AND CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S FINDING THAT IT IS PRACTICABLE AND MOST ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI TO WAIVE COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDDING PROCEDURES; AUTHORIZING THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI GORDON CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN MEDICAL EDUCATION, FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE -RESCUE, TO CONTINUE, WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, THE DELIVERY OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO TERRORISM TRAINING FOR THE MIAMI URBAN AREA'S FIRST RESPONDERS, INCLUDING EQUIPMENT, COURSE DELIVERY, OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, 2009, UNTIL THE END OF THE URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE ("UASI") 2007, 2008 AND 2009 GRANT, OR UNTIL ALL DELIVERABLES ARE MET, WITH THE OPTION TO EXTEND FOR TWO (2) ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR PERIODS, TO COINCIDE WITH ANY AND ALL THE APPROVED EXTENSIONS TO ANY OF THE UASI GRANTS, FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $220,000; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE UASI GRANTS, SUBJECT TO BUDGETARY APPROVAL. WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") has a need for a qualified, professional to continue without interruption of the delivery of the Emergency Response to Terrorism ("ERT") training for the Miami Urban Area's first responders; and WHEREAS, the University of Miami Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education ("UMGCRME") has been chosen to meet the City's requirements for the purpose of providing Department of Homeland Security, Office of Domestic Preparedness approved training courses for first responders in the Miami Urban Areas (designated municipal and county employees of the City, Miami -Dade, Broward and Monroe Counties, jurisdictions within the counties and hospitals within these jurisdictions) who respond to terrorists and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive ("CBRNE") events; and WHEREAS, the curriculum and methods offered by these courses will provide the Miami Urban Area's first responders the necessary training and preparation needed to counter CBRNE incidents, and the ERT training meets the strategic objectives of the Miami Urban Area and will enhance the City's and the surrounding jurisdictions' ability to respond to a terrorist threat or act; and WHEREAS, the City Manager has determined that it is advantageous and practical for the City Citv of Miami n^^_ ' . ` 2 City of Miami Legislation Resolution File Number: 09-00361 City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com Final Action Date: A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY A FOUR-FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION, AFTER A DULY ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING AND CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S FINDING THAT IT IS PRACTICABLE AND MOST ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI TO WAIVE COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDDING PROCEDURES; AUTHORIZING THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI GORDON CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN MEDICAL EDUCATION, FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE -RESCUE, TO CONTINUE, WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, THE DELIVERY OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO TERRORISM TRAINING FOR THE MIAMI URBAN AREA'S FIRST RESPONDERS, INCLUDING EQUIPMENT, COURSE DELIVERY, OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, 2009, UNTIL THE END OF THE URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE ("UASI") 2007, 2008 AND 2009 GRANT, OR UNTIL ALL DELIVERABLES ARE MET, WITH THE OPTION TO EXTEND FOR TWO (2) ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR PERIODS, TO COINCIDE WITH ANY AND ALL THE APPROVED EXTENSIONS TO ANY OF THE UASI GRANTS, FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $220,000; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE UASI GRANTS, SUBJECT TO BUDGETARY APPROVAL. WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") has a need for a qualified, professional to continue without interruption of the delivery of the Emergency Response to Terrorism ("ERT") training for the Miami Urban Area's first responders; and WHEREAS, the University of Miami Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education ("UMGCRME") has been chosen to meet the City's requirements for the purpose of providing Department of Homeland Security, Office of Domestic Preparedness approved training courses for first responders in the Miami Urban Areas (designated municipal and county employees of the City, Miami -Dade, Broward and Monroe Counties, jurisdictions within the counties and hospitals within these jurisdictions) who respond to terrorists and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive ("CBRNE") events; and WHEREAS, the curriculum and methods offered by these courses will provide the Miami Urban Area's first responders the necessary training and preparation needed to counter CBRNE incidents, and the ERT training meets the strategic objectives of the Miami Urban Area and will enhance the City's and the surrounding jurisdictions' ability to respond to a terrorist threat or act; and WHEREAS, the City Manager has determined that it is advantageous and practical for the City Citv of Miami n^^_ ' . ` 2 File Number 09-00361 to continue this partnership with UMGCRME, which provides an important ERT training for the first responders of the Miami Urban Area in accordance with the Urban Area Security Initiative ("UASI") Grant Project; and WHEREAS, UMGCRME has been designated as the lead institution to carry out first responder anti-terrorist training statewide by the Florida Department of Health; and WHEREAS, the Florida Division of Emergency Medical Services has certified the course for continuing education credits and the Florida Department Security Oversight Board, the Florida Domestic Security State Working Group and the Florida Bureau of Fire Standards and Training have approved the contents of said ERT Training; and WHEREAS, the Professional Services Agreement ("Agreement"), attached and incorporated, will have a commencement date of March 1, 2009, after it is approved by the City Commission and signed by the City Manager and shall run through the end of the UASI Grant Program 2007, 2008, and 2009 (subject to budgetary approval), or until all deliverables are met; NOW THEREFORE, BUT IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section. Section 2. By a four-fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote, after an advertised public hearing, the City Manager's finding that it is practicable and most advantageous for the City to waive competitive sealed bidding procedures, is ratified, approved and confirmed, and the negotiation and execution of an Agreement, in substantially the attached form, with UMGCRME, for the Department of Fire -Rescue, to continue, without interruption, the delivery of ERT Training for the Miami Urban Area's first responders, including equipment, course delivery, outcomes assessment and quality improvement, effective March 1, 2009, until the end of the UASI 2007, 2008, and 2009 Grant, or until all deliverables are met, with the option to extend for two (2) additional one-year periods, to coincide with any and all approved extensions to any UASI Grants, for a total contract amount not to exceed $220,000, is authorized, with funds allocated from the UASI Grant Program, subject to budgetary approval. Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon adoption and signature of the Mayor. {1) APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: JULIE O. BRU CITY ATTORNEY File Number.• 09-00361 Footnotes: {1 } If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission. /'ihr -1 AV-' D 1 11