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File Number: 05-01269
Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY
A FOUR -FIFTHS (4/5THS) 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, FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE -RESCUE, TO
CONTINUE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OF THE DELIVERY OF THE
EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO TERRORISM TRAINING FOR THE MIAMI URBAN
AREAS FIRST RESPONDERS, INCLUDING EQUIPMENT, COURSE DELIVERY,
OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, EFFECTIVE UNTIL
FEBRUARY 28, 2007, TO COINCIDE WITH THE END OF THE 2005 URBAN AREA
SECURITY INITIATIVE ("UASI") GRANT PROGRAM IV, WITH THE OPTION TO
EXTEND FOR TWO (2) ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR PERIODS TO COINCIDE WITH
ANY AND ALL APPROVED EXTENSIONS OF THE UASI 2005 GRANT, AT A
TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $350,000; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE
UASI GRANT PROJECT ACCOUNT, 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 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, Broward and
Monroe 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 advantageous and practical for the City to
continue this partnership with UMCRME, 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, UMCRME has been designated as the lead institution to carry out first responder
anti-terrorist training statewide by the Florida Department of Health; and
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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;
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 (415ths) 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 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 until February 28, 2007, to coincide with the end of the 2005 UASI Grant
Program IV, with the option to extend for two (2) additional one-year periods to coincide with any and
all approved extensions of the UASI 2005 Grant, at a total amount not to exceed $350,000, is
authorized, with funds allocated from the UASi Grant Program IV, subject to budgetary approval.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{1}
APPROVED ' S TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JORG FE " 1 kt2.6n
CITY AT OR EY
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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