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Emilio T. Gonzalez, Ph.D. DATE: May 1 1, 2018
City Manager
Request for Emergency Replacement
of Sole Source Item
Authorizing the Replacement of
Maritime Radar Antenna
REFER.E.NaS:
FrzcP-ii: Chief Joseph Zahrafban, Director
Department of Fire -Rescue
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This memorandum serves to request that you approve an Emergency Procurement of Terma
North America Inc.'s Maritime Radar System. The radar system was originally purchased with
Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) funding and was installed in 2017 on top of the roof of The
Grand Condominium located at 1717 North Bayshore Drive, Miami, Florida, This maritime radar
system is part of a region -wide counter terrorism/interdiction project that covers the entire coast
from Palm Beach County to Monroe County and extending fifty miles out to sea. The Maritime
Radar project is a collaborative effort by local Iaw enforcement agencies to prevent terrorism
related activities off the coast of Florida. The system not only helps Iaw enforcement to be
proactive in the surveillance of our coast lines, it is also a tool that can save dollars because it can
detect illegal activities without the need to have vessels out in the waters thereby reducing
operational costs. The system is used by local, state and federal Iaw enforcement agencies as
well as the US Coast Guard. During Hurricane Irma, the recently installed system was destroyed
and is now in need of replacement thus creating a gap in the region's terrorism prevention
capabilities. Presently, Miami -Dade County is the only inoperable system within the region
leaving our county open to potential attacks causing a national security issue.
In order for the system to operate correctly and communicate with the rest of the region, we
must replace the system with a compatible antennae system to the one initially purchased.
TERMA is the only authorized distributor for the TERMA SCANTER radar products in the U.S.
Due to proprietary equipment, data rights, as -delivered configuration records and technical
expertise, TERMA is the only approved repair facility in the U.S. They do not authorize third
party dealers, companies or organizations to distribute or repair their products.
It is therefore respectfully requested that you approve an Emergency sole source purchase of
the TERMA antennae system. Please indicate your approval below.
Approved:
En-Ailio T. onzalez, City Manager
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