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Council Agenda Item Coverr <br />________________________________________________________________________ <br />MEEETING DATTE: <br />June 15, 22009 <br />AGEENDA ITEMM TITLE: <br />Mobile Insspection Laaptops (Statte Contract) <br />AGEENDA SECTTION: <br />Consent <br />CANN THIS ITEMM BE RESCCHEDULEDD? : <br />No <br />BACCKGROUNDD REVIEWW: <br />Commuunity Development (CD) inspection staff haas <br />testeed mobile innspectioneequipment tto be purchhased for 12 inspectors. This will <br />alloww inspectionns to be completed in the field.Laptops ussed in the fiield must bbe <br />a higgher qualityy than normmal laptopss due to heeat, cold aand other isssues whicch <br />onlyoccur outside of the ooffice.A vaariety of lapptops were tested for rruggednesss, <br />appliication usabbility and coost for use in performing onsite iinspectionss in the fieldd. <br />ThePanasonicc Toughboook CF-199 best meet the requuirements of the CDD <br />inspeection staff.. <br />As thhe CF-19 Toughbookk is on thee State of Missouri’sstate-widee technologgy <br />purchhasing contract, thiss suffices to meet the City’ss competittive bidding <br />requirements.Staff recommmends purchasingthe 12 Touughbooks from World <br />Widee Technologgy, the primme vendor ffor the Statte of Missouri purchassing contracct <br />for teechnologyeequipment. Funds weere budgeteed for this purchase. <br />VendorBidPPrice <br />Worldwidde Technoloogy$ 477,294.76 <br />RECCOMMENDAATION: <br />InformationTechnologyy and CommmunityDDevelopmennt <br />depaartments haave concludded that thee proposal is sufficiennt to meet tthe needs oof <br />theproject andd recommeends that World Widde Technoology be aawarded the <br />equippment conttract for $477,294.76. <br /> <br />