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Resolution: R-04-0456
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3500 Pan American
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 04-00695 Final Action Date: 7/8/2004
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BYA
FOUR -FIFTHS (4/STHS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN 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 CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN MEDICAL EDUCATION
("UMCRME"), FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE -RESCUE, 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, AT A TOTAL
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $587,500; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE UASI
GRANT PROGRAM II, PROJECT NO. 110111, ACCOUNT CODE NO. 280910.6.270.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") has a need for a qualified, professional to provide the
delivery of Emergency Response to Terrorism ("ERT") training for the Miami Urban area's first
responders; and
WHEREAS, the University of Miami Center for Research in Medical Education ("UMCRME") 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 and Broward
Counties, jurisdictions within the counties and hospitals within these jurisdictions) who respond to
terrorists and weapons of mass destruction ("WMD") 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 incidents or WMD,
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 practical and most advantageous for the
City to contract with UMCRME as they have 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
City of Miami
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Domestic Security State Working Group and the Florida Bureau of Fire Standards and Training have
approved the contents of said ERT Training;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE 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
a Professional Services Agreement, in substantially the attached form, with UMCRME, for the
Department of Fire -Rescue, to provide the delivery of ER 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 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, for the Department of Fire -Rescue, at a total amount not to exceed $587,500,
is authorized, with funds allocated from the UASI Grant Program II, Project No. 110111, Account
Code No. 280910.6.270.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{1}
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.
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