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Request approval for the County Executive to authorize the purchase of radios, related installation parts, and programming, using the Washington State Contract #00318, in an amount not to exceed $100,000 per calendar year for 2025 and 2026
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Per WCC 3.08.100(A), Public Works Equipment Services requests approval for the County Executive to authorize the purchase of radions, related installation parts, and programming, on an as-needed basis, not to exceed $100,000.00 per calendar year in 2025 and 2026, using the Washington State Contract #00318 (expires December 31, 2026). This approva request will be valid through the current budget biennium, December 31, 2026. The state contract is awarded to multiple manufacturers, including JVC Kenwood, and the purchases will be made through local authorized reseller, Communications Northwest. Public Works anticipates installing new radios in up to 20 Sheriff’s Office fleet vehicles, and up to 10 Maintenance and Operations fleet vehicles per year in 2025 and 2026. These are regularly budgeted expenditures, and funds exist in the current Equipment Services budget in the ER&R Fund