ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Finance Director/Comptroller with a Request to APPROVE and Authorize the Execution of a Three-Year CONTRACT with GLOBAL SECURITY SERVICES, in an Amount not to Exceed $135,000.00 per Year, to Provide SECURITY SERVICES at City Hall.
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BACKGROUND: In an effort to minimize the risk to employees and visitors from the potential of violence the City issued a request for proposals for City Hall security services. On occasion Employees and visitors have felt threatened by irate individuals who have entered the building and approached individuals or groups in offices. Employees have been threatened in person inside the building and via email/telephone. Hostile individuals have presented at public meetings and on rare occasions have made inflammatory statements which caused other meeting attendees to feel unsafe.
The proposal provided for the use of armed private security officers to work with the metal detection devices and video monitoring system the City has already installed.
The Purchasing Division distributed the request for proposal and received two (2) responses. A committee consisting of Facility Operations, Police, and the Finance Office was formed to review the proposals. The results are below:
Max Score Global Security Services Allied Universal
Vendor
Rater 1 100 95 83
Rater 2 100 95 91
Rater 3 100 93 88
Rater 4 100 95 96
Total 400 378 358
Global Security proposal not only ranked the highest they also provided the best price of $24.70 per guard per hour.
There will be two guards in the building during working hours and for all after hour meetings.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The cost of the project is $135,000 yearly. Funds are provided in account # 1012110-503999.
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS: N/A
IMPACT IF APPROVED: City Hall will have security in place.
IMPACT IF DENIED: Open access to City Hall.
ALTERNATIVES: None.
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