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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To : The Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Commission
FRO
Joe Arriola
Chief Administrator7City Manager
DATE : JUN 24 I FILE FM.037.dac
Waiving Competitive Bid and
SUBJECT: Approving Professional Services
Agreement for University of
Miami Center for Research in
REFERENCES :Medical Education
ENCLOSURES: Resolution, Contract
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully requested that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution 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 request for waiving the requirements for
competitive sealed bids, and authorizing the negotiation and execution of a professional services
agreement with the University of Miami Center for Research in Medical Education (UMCRME), a
Florida non-profit educational entity, located at 1430 N.W. 11th Avenue, Miami, Florida, 33136, to
provide the delivery of Emergency Response to Terrorism (ERT) training for the Miami Urban area's
first responders, including equipment, course delivery, outcomes assessment and quality improvement,
effective until December 31, 2005, to coincide with the end of the 2004 Urban Areas Security Initiative
(UASI) Grant Program II, with the option to extend for one (1) additional year to coincide with any and
all approved extensions of the UASI 2004 Grant, in an amount not to exceed $587,500.
Funding is available from the UASI Grant Program II, Project No. 110111, Account Code No.
280910.6.270.
BACKGROUND
The University of Miami Center for Research in Medical Education has been chosen to meet City of
Miami requirements for the purpose of providing Department of Homeland Security, Office of Domestic
Preparedness (DHS/ODP) approved training courses for first responders in th'e Miami Urban areas
(designated municipal and county employees of the City of Miami, Miami -Dade and Broward Counties,
jurisdictions within the counties and hospitals within these jurisdictions) who respond to terrorist and
weapons of mass destruction (WMD) events. The course work for this Agreement covers three (3)
distinct items over a multi -year period:
1. Purchase of equipment to be used as a mobile training unit — a mass casualty decontamination
incident response trailer, a prime mover vehicle (to assist in transporting the decon trailer), and
decontamination, respiratory, and personal protective equipment for $162,500.
2. Delivery of Emergency Response to Terrorism (ERT) Training - the first responder disciplines
targeted for delivery are: fire service, emergency medical services, health care and public health.
The ERT course will be provided in a two-day, sixteen -hour format with the first term to be
completed by June 30th, 2005 and the second term to be completed by June 30th, 2006. A total of
750 students will be trained. Tuition is $300 per ERT class per student for a total of $225,000.
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3. Training outcome assessment and quality improvement processes - pre -Course and post -course
evaluation and assessment for each class, meetings of content experts to modify scenarios and
skills stations, train -the -trainer programs, bi-monthly assessment and quality improvement
reports for a total of $200,000.
The curriculum and methods offered by these courses will provide the Miami Urban area's first
responders the necessary training and preparation in order to counter incidents of weapons of mass
destruction. This ERT training meets the strategic objectives of the Miami Urban Area and will enhance
Miami and its surrounding jurisdictions ability to respond to a terrorist threat or act. It is, therefore,
practicable and most advantageous for the City of Miami to contract with UMCRME; whereas, the
Florida Department of Health has designated the UMCRME as the lead institution to carry out first
responder anti-terrorist training statewide. Most importantly, the Florida Division of Emergency Medical
Services has certified the course for continuing education credits. In addition, 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.
Fiscal Impact: None, expenditure funded by the UASI Grant Program II.
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