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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 2, 2024 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-g <br /> SUBJECT: Procurement of Public Safety Communications Console Backup Radio <br /> Equipment <br /> DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Motorola Solutions Proposal and Kirby Saunders, Emergency Services <br /> Certification of Award Director, 919-245-6123 <br /> Christopher Ward, Division Chief— <br /> Public Safety Communications, 919- <br /> 245-6139 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve the purchase of console backup radio equipment for the Primary Public <br /> Safety Answering Point (PSAP). <br /> BACKGROUND: Orange County's Public Safety Communications Center currently relies on a <br /> combination of desktop mobile radios and handheld portable radios to provide backup <br /> communications during periods of site trunking or loss of console network connection to the zone <br /> controller on the VIPER radio system used by the County's public safety agencies. The desktop <br /> mobile radios will no longer function after July 1, 2025 due to incompatibility with upcoming <br /> required Time-division multiple access (TDMA) upgrades. These resources must also be <br /> deployed at individual console positions for use by a a single telecommunicator thus limiting the <br /> ability of staff to maintain awareness of events across multiple radio resources. <br /> Emergency Services staff reviewed and selected a proposal from Motorola Solutions, Inc. using <br /> North Carolina State Term Contract 725G to provide and install eighteen (18) APX8500 <br /> Consolette backup radios that will interface with the existing MCC 7500 radio consoles in the <br /> Primary PSAP. The new consolette radios will be accessible at all existing radio console positions <br /> in the PSAP providing for enhanced situational awareness and responder safety. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: The total cost of the required hardware and installation services is <br /> $340,003.70. Funds for this project are already allocated in the Communications System <br /> Improvements ($132,223.66) and Renewal and Replacement ($207,780.04) projects in the <br /> Capital Investment Plan. <br /> ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC PLAN: This item supports: <br /> • GOAL 2: HEALTHY COMMUNITY <br />